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Ultra-cold, trapped atomic ions have over decades yielded ground-breaking results in spectroscopy, atomic clock physics, and fundamentals of quantum optics. Modern trapped-ion experiments have lead to the creation of tunable quantum simulators of quantum magnetic phenomena, implemented many key steps in the march towards the creation of a general purpose quantum computational device, and more recently heralded in a new research field of ultra-cold molecular ion chemistry. In this talk we discuss the first laser-cooled trapped-ion experiment in South Africa. In particular we examine the prospects for achieving new regimes of precision in trapped-ion atomic clocks based on unsharp measurement protocols that overcome fundamental challenges limiting clock precision in current methods.
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