Developing a modular ion trap characterization setup

• Main Author: Ang, Alastair Zhan Yuan
• Other Authors: David Wilkowski
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Physics; Ion trapping; Ablation loading; Barium ion
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175697
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cold ion trapping plays a pivotal role in quantum information processing and precision measurements. This Final Year Project thesis presents the development of a laser setup designed for ablation loading, which is used to ablate neutral barium atoms from a barium chloride (BaCl2) stable compou...