Switchable damping for a one-particle oscillator

X. Fan, S. E. Fayer, T. G. Myers, B. A.D. Sukra, G. Nahal, G. Gabrielse

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Abstract

The possibility to switch the damping rate for a one-electron oscillator is demonstrated for an electron that oscillates along the magnetic field axis in a Penning trap. Strong axial damping can be switched on to allow this oscillation to be used for quantum nondemolition detection of the cyclotron and spin quantum state of the electron. Weak axial damping can be switched on to circumvent the backaction of the detection motion that has limited past measurements. The newly developed switch will reduce the linewidth of the cyclotron transition of one-electron by two orders of magnitude.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number023201
JournalReview of Scientific Instruments
Volume92
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2021

Funding

This work was supported by the NSF, with X.F. being partially supported by the Masason Foundation.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation

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