Abstract
Sympathetic cooling of trapped ions has been demonstrated in an experiment where ions were confined in a Penning ion trap with laser-cooled ions. temperatures below 1 K were achieved. Ion plasma sizes, shapes, and rotation frequencies were measured. Dramatic changes in the plasma were observed when the ions were introduced into the trap. These observations are consistent with the prediction of centrifugal separation for ions of different charge-to-mass ratios.
- Received 31 March 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.70
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