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A close-up shows fine gold electrode traces converging at the center of a pale ceramic ion-trap chip.
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Gold electrodes for trapped ions

A NIST gold-on-alumina ion trap inside its protective electrical enclosure. The finely patterned electrodes are the visible part of the trapping device.

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