Buffer gas cooling of ions in time-dependent traps using ultracold atoms

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.15195v1
• Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:12:41 GMT
• Title: Buffer gas cooling of ions in time-dependent traps using ultracold atoms
• Authors: E. Trimby, H. Hirzler, H. F\"urst, A. Safavi-Naini, R. Gerritsma, R. S. Lous
• Abstract summary: We present results on numerical simulations of trapped ion buffer gas cooling using an ultracold atomic gas. We find that very similar ion energies can be reached in all of them even when considering experimental imperfections that cause so-called excess micromotion.
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• Abstract: For exploration of quantum effects with hybrid atom-ion systems, reaching ultracold temperatures is the major limiting factor. In this work, we present results on numerical simulations of trapped ion buffer gas cooling using an ultracold atomic gas in a large number of experimentally realistic scenarios. We explore the suppression of micromotion-induced heating effects through optimization of trap parameters for various radio-frequency (rf) traps and rf driving schemes including linear and octupole traps, digital Paul traps, rotating traps and hybrid optical/rf traps. We find that very similar ion energies can be reached in all of them even when considering experimental imperfections that cause so-called excess micromotion. Moreover we look into a quantum description of the system and show that quantum mechanics cannot save the ion from micromotion-induced heating in an atom-ion collision. The results suggest that buffer gas cooling can be used to reach close to the ion's groundstate of motion and is even competitive when compared to some sub-Doppler cooling techniques such as Sisyphus cooling. Thus, buffer gas cooling is a viable alternative for ions that are not amenable to laser cooling, a result that may be of interest for studies into quantum chemistry and precision spectroscopy.

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