Physics with Trapped Charged Particles

Martina Knoop (1) , Niels Madsen (2) , Richard C. Thompson (3)

1 PIIM - Physique des interactions ioniques et moléculaires
2 Department of Physics [Swansea]
3 Department of Physics [Imperial College London]

Ion traps, which were first introduced in the late 1950s and early 1960s, have established themselves as indispensable tools in many areas of physics, chemistry and technology. This chapter gives a brief survey of the operating principles and development of ion traps, together with a short description of how ions are loaded and detected. This is followed by a brief account of some of the current applications of ion traps.

Domaines: Physique Atomique [physics.atom-ph]

Martina Knoop, Niels Madsen, Richard C. Thompson. Physics with Trapped Charged Particles. RC Thompson, M Knoop, N Madsen. Physics with Trapped Charged Particles : Lectures from the Les Houches Winter School, Imperial College Press, pp.1-24, 2013, ISBN 978-1-78326-404-9. ⟨hal-00910128⟩