We prepare arbitrary patterns of neutral atoms in a one-dimensional (1D) optical lattice with single-site precision using microwave radiation in a magnetic field gradient. We give a detailed account of the current limitations and propose methods to overcome them. Our results have direct relevance for addressing of planes, strings or single atoms in higher dimensional optical lattices for quantum information processing or quantum simulations with standard methods in current experiments. Furthermore, our findings pave the way for arbitrary single qubit control with single site resolution.
@article{arxiv.0912.2517,
title = {Imprinting Patterns of Neutral Atoms in an Optical Lattice using Magnetic Resonance Techniques},
author = {Michał Karski and Leonid Förster and Jai-Min Choi and Andreas Steffen and Noomen Belmechri and Wolfgang Alt and Dieter Meschede and Artur Widera},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2517},
year = {2015}
}