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View SchemaNano Positioning of Single Atoms in a Micro Cavity
| Authors | Stefan Nussmann, Markus Hijlkema, Bernhard Weber, Felix Rohde, Gerhard Rempe, Axel Kuhn |
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| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0506088 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0506088 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.173602 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett., 95:173602, 2005 |
Abstract
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 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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