The Panopticon device: An integrated Paul-trap-hemispherical mirror system for quantum optics
Abstract
We present the design and construction of a new experimental apparatus for the trapping of single Ba+ ions in the center of curvature of an optical-quality hemispherical mirror. We describe the layout, fabrication, and integration of the full setup, consisting of a high-optical access monolithic "3D-printed" Paul trap, the hemispherical mirror, a diffraction-limited in-vacuum lens (NA = 0.7) for collection of atomic fluorescence, and a state-of-the art ultra-high vacuum vessel. This new apparatus enables the study of quantum electrodynamics effects such as strong inhibition and enhancement of spontaneous emission and achieves a collection efficiency of the emitted light in a single optical mode of 31%.
- Publication:
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Review of Scientific Instruments
- Pub Date:
- November 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1063/5.0020661
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2006.04828
- Bibcode:
- 2020RScI...91k3201A
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Physics - Atomic Physics;
- Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors;
- Physics - Optics
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, 17 figures