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Trapping ions

The unexpected demonstration of all-optical trapping of ions offers new possibilities in the simulation of quantum spin systems, ultracold chemistry with ions and more.

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Figure 1: The all-optical dipole trap.

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Nieminen, T. Trapping ions. Nature Photon 4, 737–738 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.248

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