US 11,749,518 B2
Package comprising an ion-trap and method of fabrication
Jungsang Kim, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Kai Hudek, Durham, NC (US); Geert Vrijsen, Durham, NC (US); Robert Spivey, Durham, NC (US); and Peter Maunz, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to Duke University, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Duke University, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/913,932.
Application 16/913,932 is a division of application No. 15/935,312, filed on Mar. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,755,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,927, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0335320 A1, Oct. 22, 2020
Int. Cl. H01J 49/42 (2006.01); G06N 10/00 (2022.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/422 (2013.01) [G06N 10/00 (2019.01); H01J 49/16 (2013.01); H01J 49/24 (2013.01); H01J 49/42 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ion-trap enclosure comprising:
a chip carrier having a first surface and a second surface that is distal to the first surface;
an ion trap, wherein the ion trap is disposed on a substrate that is disposed on the first surface;
a source that is dimensioned and arranged to provide an atomic flux that predominantly includes neutral atoms of a first material to the ion trap along a first axis;
a first housing, the first housing and the first surface being joined at a first seal such that the first housing and the first surface collectively define a first chamber that contains the ion trap, wherein the first housing includes a first window that enables optical coupling between the ion trap and a first light signal that is directed along a second axis that is substantially orthogonal to the first axis, the first light signal being operative for photo-ionizing at least one neutral atom of the plurality thereof at the ion trap; and
a second housing, the second housing and the second surface being joined at a second seal such that the second housing and the second surface collectively define a second chamber that contains the source;
wherein the first chamber and second chamber are fluidically coupled.