Micromotion-Synchronized Pulsed Doppler Cooling of Trapped Ions
arXiv:2210.03835 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.107.023116
Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a new method for Doppler cooling trapped-ion crystals where the distribution of micromotion amplitudes may be large and uneven. The technique uses pulses of Doppler cooling light synchronized with the trap RF that selectively target ions when their velocity is near a node, leading to more uniform cooling across a crystal by a single tone of cooling light. We lay out a theoretical framework that describes where this technique is practical, and provide a simple experimental demonstration.
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