Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist
© 2020 American Physical Society. In most experiments with atoms trapped in optical lattices, the transverse size of the optical lattice beams is of the order of tens of micrometers, and loading many atoms into smaller optical lattices has not been carefully investigated. We report trapping 1500 Yb1...
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| author | Kawasaki, Akio Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Shu, Chi Colombo, Simone Li, Zeyang Vuletić, Vladan |
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| description | © 2020 American Physical Society. In most experiments with atoms trapped in optical lattices, the transverse size of the optical lattice beams is of the order of tens of micrometers, and loading many atoms into smaller optical lattices has not been carefully investigated. We report trapping 1500 Yb171 atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice generated by a narrow cavity mode at a distance of 0.14 mm from a mirror surface. The simplest approach of loading atoms from a mirror magneto-optical trap overlapped with the cavity mode allows the adjustment of the loading position by tuning a uniform bias magnetic field. The number of atoms trapped in the optical lattice exhibits two local maxima for different lattice depths, with a global maximum in the deeper lattice. These results open a way to quantum mechanical manipulation of atoms based on strong interaction with a tightly focused light field. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1352522021-10-28T03:34:19Z Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist Kawasaki, Akio Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Shu, Chi Colombo, Simone Li, Zeyang Vuletić, Vladan © 2020 American Physical Society. In most experiments with atoms trapped in optical lattices, the transverse size of the optical lattice beams is of the order of tens of micrometers, and loading many atoms into smaller optical lattices has not been carefully investigated. We report trapping 1500 Yb171 atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice generated by a narrow cavity mode at a distance of 0.14 mm from a mirror surface. The simplest approach of loading atoms from a mirror magneto-optical trap overlapped with the cavity mode allows the adjustment of the loading position by tuning a uniform bias magnetic field. The number of atoms trapped in the optical lattice exhibits two local maxima for different lattice depths, with a global maximum in the deeper lattice. These results open a way to quantum mechanical manipulation of atoms based on strong interaction with a tightly focused light field. 2021-10-27T20:22:39Z 2021-10-27T20:22:39Z 2020 2021-04-09T17:37:47Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135252 en 10.1103/PHYSREVA.102.013114 Physical Review A Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society (APS) APS |
| spellingShingle | Kawasaki, Akio Braverman, Boris Pedrozo-Peñafiel, Edwin Shu, Chi Colombo, Simone Li, Zeyang Vuletić, Vladan Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| title | Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| title_full | Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| title_fullStr | Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| title_short | Trapping Yb 171 atoms into a one-dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| title_sort | trapping yb 171 atoms into a one dimensional optical lattice with a small waist |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135252 |
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