Substrate-based atom waveguide using guided two-color evanescent light fields

Details Substrate-based atom waveguide using guided two-color evanescent light fields Substrate-based atom waveguide using guided two-color evanescent light fields

1999-07-09

arxiv.org/abs/physics/9907014v2

Physics

Atomic Physics

12 pages, 4 figures, revtex, submitted to Phys. Rev. A Replaced: final version accepted by PRA v.61 Feb 2000. (2 paragraphs ad

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.61.023608

We propose a dipole-force linear waveguide which confines neutral atoms up to lambda/2 above a microfabricated single-mode dielectric optical guide. The optical guide carries far blue-detuned light in the horizontally-polarized TE mode and far red-detuned light in the vertically-polarized TM mode, with both modes close to optical cut-off. A trapping minimum in the transverse plane is formed above the optical guide due to the differing evanescent decay lengths of the two modes. This design allows manufacture of mechanically stable atom-optical elements on a substrate. We calculate the full vector bound modes for an arbitrary guide shape using two-dimensional non-uniform finite elements in the frequency-domain, allowing us to optimize atom waveguide properties. We find that a rectangular optical guide of 0.8um by 0.2um carrying 6mW of total laser power (detuning +-15nm about the D2 line) gives a trap depth of 200uK for cesium atoms (m_F = 0), transverse oscillation frequencies of f_x = 40kHz and f_y = 160kHz, collection area ~ 1um^2 and coherence time of 9ms. We discuss the effects of non-zero m_F, surface interactions, heating rate, the substrate refractive index, and the limits on waveguide bending radius.

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