On behalf of the SpecTrap collaboration, I will present the physics and status of the SpecTrap experiment located at the HITRAP facility at GSI, Germany. The aim of the experiment is optical and near-optical precision spectroscopy of highly charged ions that are confined and cooled in a dedicated Penning trap. Highly charged ions of interest comprise Bi82+ for further studies in the ARTEMIS...
Quantum logic spectroscopy (QLS) enables optical clocks based on atomic and molecular ions that lack direct laser cooling or state detection transitions [1]. QLS therefore serves as a key technique driving significant advances in optical frequency metrology [2-5]. Heavy hydrogen-like or lithium-like ions offer optical transitions that feature both strong suppression of systematic shifts and...
