Physical Review Letters · 2006 · 80 citations · 27 references
Crystal StructureEngineeringThree-dimensional Long-range OrderElectron DiffractionComputational ChemistryMolecular DynamicsThree-dimensional Long-rangeIon ProcessSymmetric Coulomb CrystalsIon BeamIon EmissionMd SimulationsPhysicsAtomic PhysicsQuantum ChemistryRf TrapCrystallographyCrystal Structure DesignNatural SciencesApplied PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsIon Structure
Three-dimensional long-range ordered structures in smaller and near-spherically symmetric Coulomb crystals of (40)Ca(+) ions confined in a linear rf Paul trap have been observed when the number of ions exceeds approximately 1,000 ions. This result is unexpected from ground state molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, but found to be in agreement with MD simulations of metastable ion configurations. Previously, three-dimensional long-range ordered structures have only been reported in Penning traps in systems of approximately 50,000 ions or more.
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Observation of a Magnetically Induced Wigner Solid
Eva Y. Andrei, G. Deville, D. C. Glattli et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1988 · 479 citations