A transportable Paul-trap for levitation and accurate positioning of micron-scale particles in vacuum for laser-plasma experiments

T M Ostermayr; J Gebhard; D Haffa; D Kiefer; C Kreuzer; K Allinger; C Bömer; J Braenzel; M Schnürer; I Cermak; J Schreiber; P Hilz

doi:10.1063/1.4995955

A transportable Paul-trap for levitation and accurate positioning of micron-scale particles in vacuum for laser-plasma experiments

Rev Sci Instrum. 2018 Jan;89(1):013302. doi: 10.1063/1.4995955.

Authors

T M Ostermayr¹, J Gebhard¹, D Haffa¹, D Kiefer¹, C Kreuzer¹, K Allinger¹, C Bömer², J Braenzel³, M Schnürer³, I Cermak⁴, J Schreiber¹, P Hilz¹

Affiliations

¹ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Physik, 85748 Garching, Germany.
² European XFEL, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany.
³ Max-Born-Institut, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
⁴ CGC Instruments, Hübschmannstr. 18, 09112 Chemnitz, Germany.

PMID: 29390683
DOI: 10.1063/1.4995955

Abstract

We report on a Paul-trap system with large access angles that allows positioning of fully isolated micrometer-scale particles with micrometer precision as targets in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions. This paper summarizes theoretical and experimental concepts of the apparatus as well as supporting measurements that were performed for the trapping process of single particles.