Feasibility of detecting single atoms using photonic bandgap cavities
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We propose an atom-cavity chip that combines laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms with magnetic microtraps and waveguides to deliver a cold atom to the mode of a fiber taper coupled photonic bandgap (PBG) cavity. The feasibility of this device for detecting single atoms is analyzed using both a semi-classical treatment and an unconditional master equation approach. Single-atom detection seems achievable in an initial experiment involving the non-deterministic delivery of weakly trapped atoms into the mode of the PBG cavity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0402093,
title = {Feasibility of detecting single atoms using photonic bandgap cavities},
author = {Benjamin Lev and Kartik Srinivasan and Paul Barclay and Oskar Painter and Hideo Mabuchi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0402093},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, 5 figures