Magnetic collimation system for improving ion trap loading efficiency

E Yu Telnov; P V Borisyuk; N D Bukharskii; Ph A Korneev; K K Trichev; P A Cherepanov

doi:10.1063/5.0157891

Magnetic collimation system for improving ion trap loading efficiency

Rev Sci Instrum. 2023 Aug 1;94(8):083302. doi: 10.1063/5.0157891.

Authors

E Yu Telnov¹, P V Borisyuk¹, N D Bukharskii^{1

2}, Ph A Korneev^{1

2}, K K Trichev¹, P A Cherepanov¹

Affiliations

¹ National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow 115409, Russia.
² P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia.

PMID: 38065132
DOI: 10.1063/5.0157891

Abstract

This work considers a solenoid-based magnetic collimation system for improving the efficiency of ion trap loading with ions created by laser ablation. We discuss a physical model of ion beam collimation in such a system, provide qualitative analytical estimates of its collimation characteristics, develop a numerical model of ion collimation based on a test-particle approach, and describe a real experimental setup where the proposed approach is effectively employed to collimate 232Th3+ and 88Sr1+ ions. The experimental results are compared with the results of the performed numerical modeling. The observed inconsistencies between the two are discussed, and their possible explanations are suggested.