Laser cooling and imaging of individual radioactive Sr + 90 ions

Kyunghun Jung, Yoshihiro Iwata, Masabumi Miyabe, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Tomohisa Yonezu, Ikuo Wakaida, Shuichi Hasegawa

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Abstract

We have developed an apparatus integrating resonance-ionization, ion-trap, and laser-cooling techniques for an ultratrace radioactive isotope Sr90 analysis. Trapped Sr+90 isotope ions were laser cooled, and their 4dD3/22→5pP1/22 transition isotope shift was experimentally measured to be -281(17) MHz by comparing individual spectra of Sr+88 and Sr+90 ions. Crystallization of Sr+90 was carried out using the resonance frequency value confirmed in our experiment, and then Sr+90 individual ions were successfully observed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number043424
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume96
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017/10/30

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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