18.40.+n Electromagnetic noise on trapped ions

Fabrication and heating rate study of microscopic surface electrode ion traps

Fri, 2010-10-15 10:06 - Donatella Rosetti

Date:

2010-09-15

Reference:

N. Daniilidis, S. Narayanan, S. A. Moeller, R. Clark, T. E. Lee, P. J. Leek, A. Wallraff, St. Schulz, F. Schmidt-Kaler, H. Haeffner
http://arxiv.org/abs/1009.2834

We report heating rate measurements in a microfabricated gold-on-sapphire surface electrode ion trap with trapping height of approximately 240 micron. Using the Doppler recooling method, we characterize the trap heating rates over an extended region of the trap. The noise spectral density of the trap falls in the range of noise spectra reported in ion traps at room temperature. We find that during the first months of operation the heating rates increase by approximately one order of magnitude.