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Laser manipulation and cavity QED with trapped ions

HERBERT WALTHER

Published Jan 1, 1999• 0 citations

Abstract

In this paper recent experiments with trapped ions are reviewed. They deal with the spectrum of the resonance fluorescence of a single ion, the ion-trap laser, experiments towards a new frequency standard on the basis of a single In+ ion, and the investigation of the diffusion of a single ion in a one-dimensional optical lattice.

DOI: 10.1063/1.59356

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