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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Mark A. Reed, Monroe, CT (US);
Predrag S. Krstic, Knoxville, TN (US);
Weihua Guan, New Haven, CT (US);
Xiongce Zhao, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Yale University, New Haven, CT (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Abstract
A system and method for trapping a charged particle is disclosed. A time-varying periodic multipole electric potential is generated in a trapping volume. A charged particle under the influence of the multipole electric field is confined to the trapping volume. A three electrode configuration giving rise to a 3D Paul trap and a four planar electrode configuration giving rise to a 2D Paul trap are disclosed.