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Low-energy ions from laser-cooled atoms

Low-energy ions from laser-cooled atoms
Low-energy ions from laser-cooled atoms
We report the features of an ion source based on two-color photoionization of a laser-cooled cesium beam outsourced from a pyramidal magneto-optical trap. The ion source operates in continuous or pulsed mode. At acceleration voltages below 300 V, it delivers some ten ions per bunch with a relative energy spread ΔUrms/U≃0.032, as measured through the retarding field-energy-analyzer approach. Space-charge effects are negligible thanks to the low ion density attained in the interaction volume. The performances of the ion beam in a configuration using focused laser beams are extrapolated on the basis of the experimental results. Calculations demonstrate that our low-energy and low-current ion beam can be attractive for the development of emerging technologies requiring the delivery of a small amount of charge, down to the single-ion level and its eventual focusing in the 10-nm range.
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Shayeganrad, Gholamreza
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Fioretti, Andrea
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Tantussi, Francesco Tantussi
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Ciampini, D.
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Allegrini, Maria
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Viteau, M.
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Fuso, Francesco
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Shayeganrad, Gholamreza
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Guerri, Irne
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Tantussi, Francesco Tantussi
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Ciampini, D.
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Allegrini, Maria
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Viteau, M.
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Shayeganrad, Gholamreza, Fioretti, Andrea, Guerri, Irne, Tantussi, Francesco Tantussi, Ciampini, D., Allegrini, Maria, Viteau, M. and Fuso, Francesco (2016) Low-energy ions from laser-cooled atoms. Physical Review Applied, 5, [054020]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.5.054020).

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Abstract

We report the features of an ion source based on two-color photoionization of a laser-cooled cesium beam outsourced from a pyramidal magneto-optical trap. The ion source operates in continuous or pulsed mode. At acceleration voltages below 300 V, it delivers some ten ions per bunch with a relative energy spread ΔUrms/U≃0.032, as measured through the retarding field-energy-analyzer approach. Space-charge effects are negligible thanks to the low ion density attained in the interaction volume. The performances of the ion beam in a configuration using focused laser beams are extrapolated on the basis of the experimental results. Calculations demonstrate that our low-energy and low-current ion beam can be attractive for the development of emerging technologies requiring the delivery of a small amount of charge, down to the single-ion level and its eventual focusing in the 10-nm range.

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Accepted/In Press date: 12 June 2015
Published date: 27 May 2016

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Local EPrints ID: 479113
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/479113
ISSN: 2331-7019
PURE UUID: 2bae0aa9-8dfc-46d4-9457-03d9b5c84b53
ORCID for Gholamreza Shayeganrad: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-2176

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Author: Gholamreza Shayeganrad ORCID iD
Author: Andrea Fioretti
Author: Irne Guerri
Author: Francesco Tantussi Tantussi
Author: D. Ciampini
Author: Maria Allegrini
Author: M. Viteau
Author: Francesco Fuso

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