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          | Description: 
             This sequence of false-color 
            images shows 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 magnesium ions held in an ion trap 
            made using a single layer of electrodes. |   
          | Source: 
             Signe Seidelin and John Chiaverini/NIST |   
          | Story:  Flat 
            ion trap TRN July 10/17, 2006
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          | TRN Categories: 
             Applied Physics; Quantum 
            Computing and Communications |   
          | Form: 
             Still |  |