TY - JOUR
AU1 - Wilpers, Guido
AU2 - See, Patrick
AU3 - Gill, Patrick
AU4 - Sinclair, Alastair
AB - We have demonstrated a new apparatus for operating microfabricated ion-trap arrays in a compact ultra-high-vacuum setup with excellent optical and electrical access. The approach uses conventional components, materials and techniques in a unique fashion. The microtrap chip is mounted on a modified ceramic leadless chip carrier, the conductors of which serve as the vacuum feedthrough. The chip carrier is indium-sealed to stainless-steel components to form vacuum seals, resulting in short electrical path lengths of ≤20 mm from the trap electrodes under vacuum to air side. The feedthrough contains conductors for the radio-frequency trap drive, as well as 42 conductors for DC electrodes. Vacuum pressures of ∼1 × 10−11 mbar are achieved, and ions have been confined and laser cooled in a microtrap chip. The apparatus enables accurate measurements of radio-frequency voltage amplitudes on the trap electrodes, yielding an excellent agreement between measured and modelled trap efficiencies. This feature is of significant use in establishing initial operation of new devices. The principle of the connectivity scheme presented here is applicable to larger ceramic chip carriers containing many more conductors.
TI - A compact UHV package for microfabricated ion-trap arrays with direct electronic air-side access
JF - Applied Physics B
DO - 10.1007/s00340-012-5302-4
DA - 2013-02-09
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/a-compact-uhv-package-for-microfabricated-ion-trap-arrays-with-direct-huKXJGv0yT
SP - 21
EP - 28
VL - 111
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -