Laser-cooled trapped ions can be strongly coupled and form crystalline states. In this paper we review experimental studies that measure the spatial correlations of ion crystals formed in Penning traps. Both Bragg scattering of the cooling-laser light and spatial imaging of the laser-induced ion fluorescence are used to measure these correlations. In spherical plasmas with more than ions, body-centered-cubic (bcc) crystals, the predicted bulk structure, are the only type of crystals observed. The orientation of the ion crystals can be phase locked to a rotating electric-field perturbation. With this “rotating wall” technique and stroboscopic detection, images of individual ions in a Penning trap are obtained. The rotating wall technique also provides a precise control of the time-dilation shift due to the plasma rotation, which is important for Penning trap frequency standards.
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Crystalline order in laser-cooled, non-neutral ion plasmas Available to Purchase
J. J. Bollinger;
J. J. Bollinger
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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T. B. Mitchell;
T. B. Mitchell
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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X.-P. Huang;
X.-P. Huang
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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W. M. Itano;
W. M. Itano
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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J. N. Tan;
J. N. Tan
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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B. M. Jelenković;
B. M. Jelenković
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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D. J. Wineland
D. J. Wineland
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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J. J. Bollinger
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
T. B. Mitchell
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
X.-P. Huang
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
W. M. Itano
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
J. N. Tan
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
B. M. Jelenković
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
D. J. Wineland
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80303
Phys. Plasmas 7, 7–13 (2000)
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Received:
May 17 1999
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May 25 1999
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J. J. Bollinger, T. B. Mitchell, X.-P. Huang, W. M. Itano, J. N. Tan, B. M. Jelenković, D. J. Wineland; Crystalline order in laser-cooled, non-neutral ion plasmas. Phys. Plasmas 1 January 2000; 7 (1): 7–13. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.873818
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