This is how the researchers conducted their experiment (IMAGE)

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This is how the researchers conducted their experiment

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 using laser beams (red), the trapped ion (green) was first cooled down. Then it was positioned at a specific point at which the stray fields were to be measured.

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Tobias Sägesser / ETH Zurich

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