Knoop M., Marzoli I., Morigi G. (Eds.) Ion Traps for Tomorrow's Applications (Proceedings of the International School of Physics)

Societa Italiana di Fisica, 2015. – 310 p. – ISBN: 1614995257Ion trapping was first accomplished in Europe more than 50 years ago. Since then, research and development have increased steadily, and the last decades have seen a remarkable growth in applications, mainly due to the improvement of laser-based techniques for spectroscopy, cooling and the manipulation of ions. Nowadays ion trapping plays a crucial role in a wide range of disciplines, including atomic and plasma physics, chemistry, high precision measurement, high energy physics and the emerging field of quantum technologies. This book presents lectures and reports from the Enrico Fermi School Ion Traps for Tomorrow's Applications , held in Varenna, Italy, in July 2013. Reflecting the aim of the school to exploit diversity and stimulate cross fertilization, the selected topics and highlights in this book partly review the wide range of subjects discussed during the course, while providing an overview of this topical domain. As well as providing a useful reference guide, the book will be a source of inspiration for all those planning to work on ion trapping in the future.Trapping and cooling of atomic ions
Isotope-selective manipulation of ions in a Paul trap
Ion Coulomb crystals and their applications
The linear-zigzag structural transition in cold ion chains
Creation and dynamics of topological defects in ion Coulomb crystals
Ion rings in multipole traps
Frequency standards with trapped ions
Coherent manipulations in a microfabricated ion trap
Quantum simulation of spin models with trapped ions
Quantum networking with single ions
High-resolution fluorescence and absorption imaging of single trapped ions
Quantum information processing with trapped electrons
Noise studies of driven geometric phase gates with trapped ions
Monitoring single quantum systems by unsharp measurements
Ion-atom hybrid systems
Hybrid ion, atom and light trap
Sympathetic cooling of OH- ions using ultracold Rb atoms in a dark SPOT