Realization of Trapped and Laser Cooled Single lons

摘要

A research team led by Prof. Gao Kelin from the CAS Wuhan Institute of Physics Mathematics (WIPM) has succeeded in colding and trapping a few and single ions. The laser cooling and trapping atom is a feasible approach devoted by physicists to realizing the completely static state of an isolated system, creating diverse conditions for preparation of various quantum states of an atomic system and related precision measurement. So far, scientists have made world-renowned accomplishments in this aspect such as the check-up of fundamental physical laws, measurement of physical constants and development of top-performance frequency standards. During the past 15 years, three Nobel Prizes in physics were granted to scientists who had made research breakthroughs in this regard.