Speaker
Description
I will review two experimental developments and its applications to experiments with ion traps. First I will show how we implemented phase-stable optical forces on trapped ions, and will discuss several applications, both realized and planned. These include: spin-dependent kicking which lead to the realization of a spin heat engine, the possibility of generating giant cats, and a special kind of doubly squeezed state. Next I will show how the use of structured light on quadrupole transitions can be used for various tasks. These include: reducing ac stark shift, controlling selection rules and imaging motional wave packets with superresolution. Finally I will discuss how these ideas are shaping future experiments we are carrying out at the University of Buenos Aires.
