Collecting more than half the fluorescence photons from a single ion
Maiwald R, Golla A, Fischer M, Bader M, Heugel ST, Chalopin B, Sondermann M, Leuchs G (2012)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2012
Journal
Book Volume: 86
Article Number: 043431
Journal Issue: 4
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.86.043431
Abstract
We demonstrate the trapping of a single ion in the focus of a deep parabolic mirror that covers 81% of the solid angle surrounding the ion. Accounting for the reflectivity of the mirror we infer a photon collection efficiency of 54.8% for our setup. The underlying experimentally detected maximum fluorescence rate is 1.91×106 s 1 from a single 174Yb ion, mainly limited by the quantum efficiency of our photon detector. Besides the high collection efficiency, the integration of an ion trap into a parabolic mirror is a key ingredient for efficient coupling of light to a single ion in free space. © 2012 American Physical Society.
Authors with CRIS profile
Robert Maiwald
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)
Andrea Golla
Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik
Martin Fischer
Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik
Marianne Bader
Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik
Simon Tobias Heugel
Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik
Markus Sondermann
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)
Gerhard Leuchs
Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik (Optik)
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Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Maiwald, R., Golla, A., Fischer, M., Bader, M., Heugel, S.T., Chalopin, B.,... Leuchs, G. (2012). Collecting more than half the fluorescence photons from a single ion. Physical Review A, 86(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.043431
MLA:
Maiwald, Robert, et al. "Collecting more than half the fluorescence photons from a single ion." Physical Review A 86.4 (2012).
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