Ion traps and precision experiments - Einzelansicht

Lecture starts at 12:30 in the weeks without exercise seminar and at 13:45 in the weeks of the exercise seminar, 15 min after the seminar. Be reminded that the exercise seminar always starts 12:00 sharp.

Weeks without exercise seminar: 2.4., 9.4., 23.4., 7.5., 21.5., ...

• Introduction to ion trapping
• Paul traps
• Penning traps
• Ion-light interaction, quantum states of motion, and cooling techniques
• Ion loading, detection techniques, quantum jumps
• g-factor measurements of the electron/proton/antiproton/highly charged ions; for CPT and QED tests
• Mass spectrometry; charge-to-mass ratio of the proton/antiproton
• Optical frequency standards and optical clocks; quantum logic spectroscopy
• Ion traps as platform for quantum computing; entangled states
• Non-neutral plasmas