Schematic of the experiment (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

Schematic of the experiment

Caption

Schematic of the experiment: in an ion trap (grey), a laser wave (red) is sent onto HD+ molecular ions (yellow/red dot pairs), causing quantum jumps. These in turn cause the vibrational state of the molecular ions to change. This process corresponds to the appearance of a spectral line. The laser wavelength is measured precisely.

Credit

HHU/Soroosh Alighanbari

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