中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (9): 93702-093702.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/9/093702

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Comparison experiments of neon and helium buffer gases cooling in trapped 199Hg+ ions linear trap

杨玉娜a b, 柳浩a b, 何跃宏a b, 杨智慧a b, 汪漫a b, 陈义和a, 佘磊a, 李交美a   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Atomic Frequency Standards (KLAFS), Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
    b University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-01-17 修回日期:2014-03-07 出版日期:2014-09-15 发布日期:2014-09-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11074248).

Comparison experiments of neon and helium buffer gases cooling in trapped 199Hg+ ions linear trap

Yang Yu-Na (杨玉娜)a b, Liu Hao (柳浩)a b, He Yue-Hong (何跃宏)a b, Yang Zhi-Hui (杨智慧)a b, Wang Man (汪漫)a b, Chen Yi-He (陈义和)a, She Lei (佘磊)a, Li Jiao-Mei (李交美)a   

  1. a Key Laboratory of Atomic Frequency Standards (KLAFS), Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
    b University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2014-01-17 Revised:2014-03-07 Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-15
  • Contact: Yang Yu-Na, She Lei, Li Jiao-Mei E-mail:yangyuna189@126.com;shelei@wipm.ac.cn;jmlee@wipm.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11074248).

摘要: The influences of different buffer gas, neon and helium, on 199Hg+ clock transition are compared in trapped 199Hg+linear trap. By the technique of time domain's Ramsey separated oscillatory fields, the buffer gas pressure frequency shifts of 199Hg+ clock transition are measured to be (df/d PNe)(1/f)=1.8×10-8 Torr-1 for neon and (df/d PHe)(1/f)=9.1×10-8 Torr-1 for helium. Meanwhile, the line-width of 199Hg+ clock transition spectrum with the buffer gas neon is narrower than that with helium at the same pressure. These experimental results show that neon is a more suitable buffer gas than helium in 199Hg+ ions microwave frequency standards because of the 199Hg+ clock transition is less sensitive to neon variations and the better cooling effect of neon. The optimum operating pressure for neon is found to be about 1.0×10-5 Torr in our linear ion trap system.

关键词: ion cooling, ion trapping, line shape widths and shifts, elastic collisions

Abstract: The influences of different buffer gas, neon and helium, on 199Hg+ clock transition are compared in trapped 199Hg+linear trap. By the technique of time domain's Ramsey separated oscillatory fields, the buffer gas pressure frequency shifts of 199Hg+ clock transition are measured to be (df/d PNe)(1/f)=1.8×10-8 Torr-1 for neon and (df/d PHe)(1/f)=9.1×10-8 Torr-1 for helium. Meanwhile, the line-width of 199Hg+ clock transition spectrum with the buffer gas neon is narrower than that with helium at the same pressure. These experimental results show that neon is a more suitable buffer gas than helium in 199Hg+ ions microwave frequency standards because of the 199Hg+ clock transition is less sensitive to neon variations and the better cooling effect of neon. The optimum operating pressure for neon is found to be about 1.0×10-5 Torr in our linear ion trap system.

Key words: ion cooling, ion trapping, line shape widths and shifts, elastic collisions

中图分类号:  (Ion cooling)

  • 37.10.Rs
37.10.Ty (Ion trapping) 32.70.Jz (Line shapes, widths, and shifts) 34.50.Cx (Elastic; ultracold collisions)