Featured image – Contemplating ions

One of us, looking at the signal form a cloud of trapped ions. On the left hand side, the bright white spot on the screen is the image of the ions. On the right hand side, the controls which allow tuning the lasers and controlling the voltages at the trap’s electrodes.

 

Image credit: Franco Meconi.
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