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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 31: Poster: Quantum Optics and Photonics I
Q 31.18: Poster
Dienstag, 7. März 2017, 17:00–19:00, P OG1+2
A hybrid atom-ion trap for ultracold Li and Yb+ — •Jannis Joger1, Henning Fürst1, Norman Ewald1, Thomas Secker2, Thomas Feldker1, and Rene Gerritsma1 — 1Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands — 2Institute for Coherence and Quantum Technology, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
Our setup for realising a hybrid system of ultra-cold atoms and ions is presented. This setup allows studying the quantum dynamics of mixtures of fermionic atoms and ions. Recent experiments have shown that the time-dependent trapping field of the ions can cause heating in hybrid atom-ion systems [1]. One way to mitigate this problem is to employ ion-atom combinations with a large mass ratio [2]. The highest convenient mass ratio - for species that still allow for straightforward laser cooling - is achieved by using the combination 171Yb+ and 6Li.
Combining ion trapping technology with ultra-cold lithium poses particular challenges that we address on this poster. We present numerical simulations showing that the s-wave limit may be reached in our setup, opening up the possibility of studying atom-ion Feshbach resonances [3] and show our first experimental results of atom-ion interactions.
[1] Z. Meir et al., arXiv:1603.01810 (2016)
[2] M. Cetina et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 253201 (2012).
[3] M. Tomza, C.P. Koch and R. Moszynski, Phys. Rev. A 91, 042706 (2015).