Figure 2From: A review of silicon microfabricated ion traps for quantum information processing Schematic and picture of “linear trap”. (a) Schematic of a 4-rod linear trap. The red and blue circles indicate RF and DC electrodes respectively. The curved arrows denote the direction of electric field when RF voltage is positive. (b) A blade type linear trap of Innsbruck group [48]. (© R. Blatt, University of Innsbruck).Back to article page