A 1D ion chain on a laser field: a Wigner solid with vacancies

Wolfgang Quapp () and Josep Maria Bofill ()
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Wolfgang Quapp: Universität Leipzig
Josep Maria Bofill: Universitat de Barcelona

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2025, vol. 98, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Trapped ions in a periodic potential are a paradigm of a frustrated Wigner crystal. We study a model for a 1D chain of such ions, as well as an approximation by a Frenkel–Kontorova model. The FK model, however, has other long-range properties. We discuss the meaning of structures like kink or anti-kink in the frame of the soliton theory, and that ion chains with large distances against the laser frame can have difficulties to move solitons. We study the case with 3 particles only for which all important properties can be demonstrated.

Date: 2025
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