Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, Volume. 42, Issue 2, 229(2025)

Performance of radio frequency source based on electronic tube oscillation circuit for ion traps

XU Huaxuan1、#, AO Zhiyuan2,3、#, LI Lin2,3, LI Zi2,3、*, HE Shengguo2、**, and TONG Xin2
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  • 1School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    In order to achieve the stable confinement of ions in ion traps, a radio frequency (RF) source based on electronic tube oscillation circuit is constructed in this work. The device can simultaneously generate two RF electric fields with equal amplitudes and opposite phases, and its output frequencies are continuously adjustable ranging from 2.15 MHz to 4.05 MHz without active impedance matching. Over a continuous measurement period of 4.68 × 104 s, the stabilities of frequency, phase difference, and dual-channel voltage peak-to-peak values of the RF source are evaluated after being installed on an ion trap, and the minimum Allan derivations of each parameter's stability are obtained to be 10-5, 10-4, and 10-4 orders of magnitude, respectively. Furthermore, calcium ions are successfully confined in the ion trap equipped with the designed RF source, and by continuous adjusting the RF frequency and amplitude without turning off the RF source, the structural variations of the calcium ion Coulomb crystal are observed by CCD camera.

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    Huaxuan XU, Zhiyuan AO, Lin LI, Zi LI, Shengguo HE, Xin TONG. Performance of radio frequency source based on electronic tube oscillation circuit for ion traps[J]. Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2025, 42(2): 229

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    Received: Aug. 3, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 1, 2025

    The Author Email: Zi LI (lizi@wipm.ac.cn), Shengguo HE (hesg@wipm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-5461.2025.02.008

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