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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 32: Poster: Ultracold Atoms, Ions and BEC (with A)
Q 32.10: Poster
Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 17:00–19:00, C/Foyer
Sympathetic cooling of OH−-ions using Rb atoms in a MOT — •Stefan Paul1, Bastian Höltkemeier1, Henry Lopez1, Pascal Weckesser1, Matthias Weidemüller1, Eric Endres2, and Roland Wester2 — 1Physikalisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 226, 69120 Heidelberg — 2Institut f. Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik Universität Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25/3 A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
We report on the current status of our experiment employing a hybrid atom-ion trap for investigating the interaction between OH− anions and rubidium atoms. The experimental configuration consists of an octupole rf ion trap with thin wires. The design provides a large field-free center as well as sufficient optical access to combine the ion trap with a magneto optical trap (MOT) for the atoms. The MOT can be extended to a Dark Spontaneous Force Optical Trap.