Versatile ytterbium ion trap experiment for operation of scalable ion-trap chips with motional heating and transition-frequency measurements

We present the design and operation of an ytterbium ion trap experiment with a setup offering versatile optical access and 90 electrical interconnects that can host advanced surface and multilayer ion trap chips mounted on chip carriers. We operate a macroscopic ion trap compatible with this chip carrier design and characterize its performance, demonstrating secular frequencies >1 MHz, and trap and cool nearly all of the stable isotopes, including Yb171⁺ ions, as well as ion crystals. For this particular trap we measure the motional heating rate <ṅ> and observe an <ṅ>∝1/ω² behavior for different secular frequencies ω. We also determine a spectral noise density S_E(1MHz)=3.6(9)×10^-11 V² m^-2 Hz^-1 at an ion electrode spacing of 310(10) μm. We describe the experimental setup for trapping and cooling Yb⁺ ions and provide frequency measurements of the ²S_1/2↔²P_1/2 and ²D_3/2↔³D[3/2]_1/2 transitions for the stable Yb170⁺, Yb171⁺, Yb172⁺, Yb174⁺, and Yb176⁺ isotopes which are more precise than previously published work.