Boost your understanding of laser-cooled ions and precision timekeeping.
This publication gathers key papers from the Ion Storage Group at NIST, highlighting advances in optical frequency standards, trapped ions, and non-neutral plasmas that drive modern metrology and quantum science.
This edition compiles work across foundational experiments and technique development, offering a window into how laser cooling, ion trapping, and high-stability lasers come together to push precision measurements. It presents the progression of ideas and experiments that underlie state-of-the-art optical clocks and quantum-control methods, without getting lost in theory alone.
- Progress in mercury ion clocks and other optical frequency standards
- Methods for trapping, cooling, and manipulating single ions and ion plasmas
- Techniques for stabilizing lasers and measuring ultra-stable frequencies
- Experiments advancing quantum information concepts with trapped ions
Ideal for researchers, students, and professionals in atomic physics, metrology, and quantum science who want a concise view of influential publications in this field.