Trapping single atoms on a nanophotonic circuit with configurable tweezer lattices
| Autor: | Kim, May E., Chang, Tzu-Han, Fields, Brian M., Chen, Cheng-An, Hung, Chen-Lung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Nature Communications 10, 1647 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-09635-7 |
| Popis: | Trapped atoms near nanophotonics form an exciting platform for bottom-up synthesis of strongly interacting quantum matter. The ability to induce tunable long-range atom-atom interactions with photons presents an opportunity to explore many-body physics and quantum optics. Here we implement a configurable optical tweezer array over a planar photonic circuit tailored for cold atom integration and control for trapping and high-fidelity imaging of one or more atoms in an array directly on a photonic structure. Using an optical conveyor belt formed by a moving optical lattice within a tweezer potential, we show that single atoms can be transported from a reservoir into close proximity of a photonic interface, potentially allowing for the synthesis of a defect-free atom-nanophotonic hybrid lattice. Our experimental platform can be integrated with generic planar photonic waveguides and resonators, promising a pathway towards on-chip many-body quantum optics and applications in quantum technology. Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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