A Penning mass spectrometry technique based on optical detection is under development in the University of Granada [1]. This technique is universal, non-destructive, and single ion-sensitive. The scattered photons by a $^{40}$Ca$^{+}$ ion will be used to measure the normal mode eigenfrequencies of the unbalanced crystal formed by this ion and the target one [2]. The dynamics of the two-ion...
Our project is aimed at using a laser-cooled trapped ion cloud as a detector for very heavy molecules. The basic principle is to propel a heavy molecular ion with a low charge through an ion cloud while monitoring the fluorescence of the latter. Current techniques have many disadvantages we propose to overcome. While current detection techniques for giant molecules are limited to relatively...
The trapping of charged particles by radiofrequency (RF) electric fields has proven to be both a powerful and versatile tool for experimental exploration in physics and chemistry and linear ion trap happen to be candidate of choice for the design of micro-wave atomic clock for spacecraft navigation [1]. The main factor limiting the stability of such clocks is the second order Doppler effect...
