Rapid all-optical loading of trapped ions using a miniaturised atom source

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10514v1
• Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:34:56 GMT
• Title: Rapid all-optical loading of trapped ions using a miniaturised atom source
• Authors: Lorenzo Versini, Tim F. Wohlers-Reichel, Catherine E. J. Challoner, Thomas Hinde, Arjun D. Rao, William J. Hughes, Peter Drmota, Thomas H. Doherty, Laurent J. Stephenson, Jacob A. Blackmore, Joseph F. Goodwin,
• Abstract summary: We characterise an efficient optically-heated neutral atom source for ion trapping.<n>We show that the thermal performance of this oven is mainly limited by radiative losses.<n>We predict that this source is also well-suited to a wide range of metals used in ion-trapping.
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• Abstract: We characterise an efficient optically-heated neutral atom source for ion trapping. We observe loading rates of up to $24(3)\,\mathrm{s}^{-1}$ with heating powers below $85\,\mathrm{mW}$, and demonstrate loading of a single ion in under $30\,\mathrm{s}$ with $41.4(4)\,\mathrm{mW}$ of optical power in a room-temperature ion trap system with an ionisation probability of $1.50(5)\times10^{-5}$. We calibrate a thermal model for the source's internal temperature by imaging the fluorescence of a collimated flux of neutral calcium that effuses from the oven at various optical heating powers. We show that the thermal performance of this oven is mainly limited by radiative losses. We explore the effect of second-stage photo-ionisation laser power on the loading rate, and identify a path beyond the loading rates reported in this study. We predict that this source is also well-suited to a wide range of metals used in ion-trapping.

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