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Four narrow metallic blade electrodes appear inside a circular vacuum opening illuminated in purple.
S. Debnath and E. Edwards/JQI
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Inside a JQI blade trap

A blade trap used to hold atomic ions for quantum simulation research. Its electrodes confine the ions inside the vacuum apparatus.

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Joint Quantum Institute
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S. Debnath and E. Edwards/JQI
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