Optical Trapping of Ions and Atoms 2020: Novel Advances and Prospects

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming Special Issue of Applied Sciences, “Optical Trapping of Ions and Atoms 2020: Novel Advances and Prospects”. The field of optical trapping of atomic particles, both individual ions and atoms as well as ensembles thereof, has seen very rapid progress, giving rise to a rich and diverse spectrum of current and potential applications. It is this issue’s focus to present and highlight these interesting developments. All authors working in this area of research or in related fields are invited to submit their most recent results on the outlined topics for a possible publication in this Special Issue.

The submitted works will be reviewed according to the established standards and peer-review process of Applied Sciences, including the requirement that the presented results be original and unpublished. Submissions may also include review articles treating the topics including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Optical traps for ions and Coulomb crystals
• Ultracold atom-atom and ion–atom interactions in optical traps
• Hybrid radiofrequency and optical ion traps
• Nanoscale potentials in ion traps
• State-selective traps for ions
• Interaction of ion with optical standing waves and optical potentials
• Structural phase transitions in ion crystals
• New approaches to quantum computation and simulations with ions in optical potentials
• Rydberg excitations in ultracold atomic ensembles

Prof. Tobias Schätz
Prof. Vladan Vuletic
Prof. Michael Drewsen
Prof. Jonathan Home
Dr. Leon Karpa
Guest Editors

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