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A pulsed ion microscope to probe quantum gases

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Abstract

We present a high-resolution ion microscope [1] aiming to study phenomena ranging from microscopic few body processes to extended many-body systems. The three electrostatic lenses of the microscope, combined with a spatially and temporal resolving delay line detector, allows a highly tunable magnification from 200 to over 1500. Measurements with ionized ultracold rubidium atoms show a high resolution of better than 200nm over a field of view of 28µm and a depth of field of 70µm for the highest magnifications. In the presented pulsed operating mode, the study of highly excited Rydberg atoms and cold ions is possible in an almost electric field free environment. The pulsed extraction of the observed particles permits the study of time depended phenomena on the single-atom level as for example ion-atom hybrid systems. By reconstructing the position along the optical axis via the time of flight information of the detected particle, we create a three dimensional image.

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Publication: [1] C. Veit et al, Phys. Rev. X 11, 011036 (2021)

Presenters

  • Nicolas Zuber

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart

Authors

  • Nicolas Zuber

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart

  • Christian Veit

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart

  • Óscar-Andrey Herrera-Sancho

    School of Physics University of Costa Rica, Materials Science and Engineering Research Center, and Center for Research in Atomic, Nuclear and Molecular Science., 5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, Universidad de Costa Rica

  • Viraatt Sai Vishwakarma Anasuri

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart

  • Moritz Berngruber

    University of Stuttgart

  • Thomas Schmid

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart

  • Florian Meinert

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart

  • Robert Loew

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, University of Stuttgart, 5th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

  • Tilman Pfau

    5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany, 5. Physikalisches Institut and Center for Integrated Quantum Science and Technology, Universität Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart, 5th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany