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Till Rehmert joins the molecular ion quantum logic spectroscopy team as a PhD student. He previsously already did his masters degree with us and recieved his bachelor's degree from Leibniz University of Hannover.

The Quantum Valley Lower Saxony (QVLS) is a joint intiative with founding members Leibniz University Hannover, Technical University Braunschweig, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Albert-Einstein Institute (Max-Planck Society), DLR (German Aerospace Center) and Sartorius AG.

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Till Rehmert receives his Master's degree. We congratulate him on this achievement.

The topic of his thesis is:

'VECSEL system for coherent manipulation of trapped magnesium ions'

The Quantum logic spectroscopy group has succesfully applied for joint funding together with Roee Ozeri's trapped ions lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where we will use tailored quantum states to improve performance of optical clocks.

We have trapped the first ca ions in our new macroscopic blade trap. The ions were loaded  by laser ablation from a calcium target and subsequent multiphoton ionization.

The picture shows our new trap outside the vacuum chambre. The inset shows  the first ion crystal loaded in the trap and imaged...