Publication in „Nature“: Non-destructive state detection for quantum logic spectroscopy of molecular ions

 

 

Non-destructive state detection for quantum logic spectroscopy of molecular ions

Fabian Wolf, Yong Wan, Jan C. Heip, Florian Gebert, Chunyan Shi & Piet O. Schmidt

High precision spectroscopy of molecular ions is still an outstanding goal that would enable tests of fundamental physics, such as searches for an electric dipole moment of the electron or probes for a variation of fundamental constants. One major problem limiting the achievable resolution was the lack of state detection techniques that allow efficient state readout without destroying the molecule.

Recently, we demonstrated for the first time a non-destructive state detection for a single molecular ions confined in a Paul trap. The result has now been published in Nature.

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http://nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nature16513