This article reports on a calibrated measurement of 174 Yoctonewton using a cloud of 60 9 Be+ ion confined in a Penning ion trap. These measurements suggest that ion traps may form the basis of a new class of ultrasensitive deployable force sensors.
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Uys,H, Biercuk, MJ, Britton, JW et al. 2010. Detecting yocto (10-24) newton forces with trapped ions. 55th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010
Uys, H., Biercuk, M., Britton, J., Van Devender, A., & Bollinger, J. (2010). Detecting yocto (10-24) newton forces with trapped ions. SAIP 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4786
Uys, H, M Biercuk, JW Britton, AP Van Devender, and JJ Bollinger. "Detecting yocto (10-24) newton forces with trapped ions." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4786
Uys H, Biercuk M, Britton J, Van Devender A, Bollinger J, Detecting yocto (10-24) newton forces with trapped ions; SAIP 2010; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4786 .
