HD+ molecular ions (yellow and red dot pairs) in an ion trap (grey) are irradiated by a laser wave (red). This causes quantum jumps, whereby the vibrational state of the molecular ions changes. (Image ...
This shows ytterbium ions in an ion Coulomb crystal, taken with an EMCCD camera (electron multiplying CCD camera). The ionized atoms fluoresce in the laser light; the distance between the ions is ...
The sub-10 nm nanopores in the WO3 nanosheets created using single swift heavy ions. (Image: XU Lijun and ZHAI Pengfei) The team at the IMP set out to overcome these limitations by exploring an ...