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Single beam atom sorting machine

Optics 2011-08-11 v1

Abstract

We create two overlapping one-dimensional optical lattices using a single laser beam, a spatial light modulator and a high numerical aperture lens. These lattices have the potential to trap single atoms, and using the dynamic capabilities of the spatial light modulator may shift and sort atoms to a minimum atom-atom separation of 1.52μ1.52 \mum. We show how a simple feedback circuit can compensate for the spatial light modulator's intensity modulation.

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@article{arxiv.1108.2123,
  title  = {Single beam atom sorting machine},
  author = {M. McGovern and T. Grünzweig and A. J. Hilliard and M. F. Andersen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.2123},
  year   = {2011}
}

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9 Pages, 5 Figures

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