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@ARTICLE{Prokhorov:642951,
author = {Prokhorov, Leonid and Smith, Aaron A. and Xu, Mingyao and
Georgiou, Kostas and Guarrera, Vera and Kozhiparambil
Sajith, Lakshmi P. and Dijck, Elwin A. and Warnecke,
Christian and Wehrheim, Malte and Wilzewski, Alexander and
Blackburn, Laura and Keller, Matthias and Boyer, Vincent and
Pfeifer, Thomas and Schwanke, Ullrich and Issever, Cigdem
and Worm, Steven and Schmidt, Piet O. and Crespo
Lopez-Urrutia, José R. and Barontini, Giovanni},
title = {{C}oulomb crystallization of xenon highly charged ions in a
laser-cooled {C}a+ matrix},
reportid = {PUBDB-2025-05741},
year = {2025},
note = {submitted to PRL},
abstract = {We report on the sympathetic cooling and Coulomb
crystallization of xenon highly charged ions (HCIs) with
laser-cooled Ca+ ions. The HCIs are produced in a compact
electron beam ion trap, then charge selected, decelerated,
and finally injected into a cryogenic linear Paul trap.
There, they are captured into 40Ca+ Coulomb crystals, and
co-crystallized within them, causing dark voids in their
fluorescence images. Fine control over the number of trapped
ions and HCIs allows us to realize mixed-species crystals
with arbitrary ordering patterns. By investigating Xeq+--Ca+
strings, we confirm the HCI charge states, measure their
lifetime and characterize the mixed-species motional modes.
Our system effectively combines the established quantum
control toolbox for Ca+ with the rich set of atomic
properties of Xe highly charged ions, providing a
resourceful platform for optical frequency metrology,
searches for signatures of new physics, and quantum
information science.},
cin = {$Z_DET$},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_DET-20201126$},
pnm = {622 - Detector Technologies and Systems (POF4-622)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-622},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)NOSPEC-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)25},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/642951},
}