Magneto-Optical Trap of Cadmium
M.-S. Chang, Kathy-Anne Brickman, M. Acton, Andrew Chew, Dzmitry Matsukevich, P. C. Haljan, Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, Christopher R. Monroe · International Conference on Quantum Information · 2007
We achieve the first magneto-optical trap of Cadmium. When integrated with a nearby ion trap, this allows for the possibility of protecting quantum information from environment perturbations via charge neutralization of trapped ions.