Ashay Patel ’18 has finished building a serial-controlled frequency source. We will use this box to control the timing, intensity, and frequency of the laser pulses we use to cool, manipulate, and detect our trapped ions.
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4-channel DDS frequency source as built by Ashay Patel ’18.