Ion transport in macroscopic RF linear traps
arXiv:1403.2568 · doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2015.03.008
Abstract
Efficient transport of cold atoms or ions is a subject of increasing concern in many experimental applications reaching from quantum information processing to frequency metrology. For the scalable quantum computer architectures based on the shuttling of individual ions, different transport schemes have been developed, which allow to move single atoms minimizing their energy gain. In this article we discuss the experimental implementation of the transport of a three-dimensional ion cloud in a macroscopic linear radiofrequency (RF) trap. The present work is based on numerical simulations done by molecular dynamics taking into account a realistic experimental environment. The deformation of the trapping potential and the spatial extension of the cloud during transport appears to be the major source of the ion energy gain. The efficiency of transport in terms of transfer probability and ion number is also discussed.
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