Deceleration of Metastable Li~+ Beam by Combining Electrostatic Lens and Ion Trap Technique

Ion deceleration has played a critical role in ion-related research when the ions are produced in the form of a high-energy beam.We present a deceleration method combining electrostatic lens and ion trap technique,which can effectively decelerate ions to energy below the trapping potential of a typical ion trap.The experiments were performed on metastable 1s2s³S₁Li⁺ ions,and demonstrated that the kinetic energy could easily be reduced from ～450 e V to a few e V,w...     

Significantly Improving the Escape Time of a Single ~(40)Ca~+ Ion in a Linear Paul Trap by Fast Switching of the Endcap Voltage

Sympathetic cooling is a method used to lower the kinetic energy of ions with complicated energy-level structures,via Coulomb interactions with laser-cooled ions in an ion trap.The ion to be sympathetically cooled is sometimes prepared outside of the trap,and it is critical to introduce this ion into the trap by temporarily lowering the potential of one endcap without allowing the coolant ion to escape.We study the time required for a laser-cooled ion to escape from a linear Paul trap when the v...     

Paul阱中囚禁离子信号直流抛出检测方法

在原有射频扫幅抛出检测方法的基础上,通过恒定射频场幅度仅增加直流电场幅度的方法实现了Paul阱中离子的抛出.采用的直流抛出方法成功地对囚禁在Paul阱中199Hg+离子进行了检测,并克服了射频扫幅抛出检测方法采集大质量数离子的信号的线性、精度、稳定度不理想的缺陷,采集到信号的信噪比较高,达到了100以上,这为获得囚禁离子的各种动力学参数提供了较好的实验数据.