Submicron positioning of single atoms in a microcavity.
The coupling of individual atoms to a high-finesse optical cavity is precisely controlled and adjusted using a standing-wave dipole-force trap, a challenge for strong atom-cavity coupling. Ultracold Rubidium atoms are first loaded into potential minima of the dipole trap in the center of the cavity....
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| author | Nussmann, S Hijlkema, M Weber, B Rohde, F Rempe, G Kuhn, A |
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| description | The coupling of individual atoms to a high-finesse optical cavity is precisely controlled and adjusted using a standing-wave dipole-force trap, a challenge for strong atom-cavity coupling. Ultracold Rubidium atoms are first loaded into potential minima of the dipole trap in the center of the cavity. Then we use the trap as a conveyor belt that we set into motion perpendicular to the cavity axis. This allows us to repetitively move atoms out of and back into the cavity mode with a repositioning precision of 135 nm. This makes it possible to either selectively address one atom of a string of atoms by the cavity, or to simultaneously couple two precisely separated atoms to a higher mode of the cavity. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:28ee795c-a994-4d31-bfbc-88766f4c4eb32022-03-26T12:16:02ZSubmicron positioning of single atoms in a microcavity.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:28ee795c-a994-4d31-bfbc-88766f4c4eb3EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Nussmann, SHijlkema, MWeber, BRohde, FRempe, GKuhn, AThe coupling of individual atoms to a high-finesse optical cavity is precisely controlled and adjusted using a standing-wave dipole-force trap, a challenge for strong atom-cavity coupling. Ultracold Rubidium atoms are first loaded into potential minima of the dipole trap in the center of the cavity. Then we use the trap as a conveyor belt that we set into motion perpendicular to the cavity axis. This allows us to repetitively move atoms out of and back into the cavity mode with a repositioning precision of 135 nm. This makes it possible to either selectively address one atom of a string of atoms by the cavity, or to simultaneously couple two precisely separated atoms to a higher mode of the cavity. |
| spellingShingle | Nussmann, S Hijlkema, M Weber, B Rohde, F Rempe, G Kuhn, A Submicron positioning of single atoms in a microcavity. |
| title | Submicron positioning of single atoms in a microcavity. |
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