Trapping electrons in electrostatic traps over the surface of helium

Abstract

We have observed trapping of electrons in an electrostatic trap formed over the surface of liquid helium-4. These electrons are detected by a Single Electron Transistor located at the centre of the trap. We can trap any desired number of electrons between 1 and $\sim 30$. By repeatedly ($\sim 10^3-10^4$ times) putting a single electron into the trap and lowering the electrostatic barrier of the trap, we can measure the effective temperature of the electron and the time of its thermalisation after heating up by incoherent radiation.

arXiv commentPresented at QFS06 - Kyoto, to be published in J. Low Temp. Phys., 6 pages, 3 figures

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