Diffraction limited optics for single atom manipulation

Details Diffraction limited optics for single atom manipulation Diffraction limited optics for single atom manipulation

2006-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610071v2

Phys. Rev. A 75, 013406 (2007)

Physics

Quantum Physics

8 pages, 9 figures; typos corrected and references added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.75.013406

We present an optical system designed to capture and observe a single neutral atom in an optical dipole trap, created by focussing a laser beam using a large numerical aperture N.A.=0.5 aspheric lens. We experimentally evaluate the performance of the optical system and show that it is diffraction limited over a broad spectral range (~ 200 nm) with a large transverse field (+/- 25 microns). The optical tweezer created at the focal point of the lens is able to trap single atoms of 87Rb and to detect them individually with a large collection efficiency. We measure the oscillation frequency of the atom in the dipole trap, and use this value as an independent determination of the waist of the optical tweezer. Finally, we produce with the same lens two dipole traps separated by 2.2 microns and show that the imaging system can resolve the two atoms.

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