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We introduce and theoretically analyze a scheme to prepare and detect non-Gaussian quantum states of an optically levitated particle via the interaction with a light pulse that generates cubic and inverted potentials. We show that this…

Reconfigurable arrays of trapped single atoms are an excellent platform for the simulation of many-body physics and the realisation of high-fidelity quantum gates. The confinement of atoms is often achieved with focussed laser beams acting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-28 Mark IJspeert , Naomi Holland , Benjamin Yuen , Axel Kuhn

We design fast protocols to separate or recombine two ions in a segmented Paul trap. By inverse engineering the time evolution of the trapping potential composed of a harmonic and a quartic term, it is possible to perform these processes in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 M. Palmero , S. Martínez-Garaot , U. G. Poschinger , A. Ruschhaupt , J. G. Muga

We report the optical trapping of multiple ions localized at individual lattice sites of a one-dimensional optical lattice. We observe a fivefold increase in robustness against axial DC-electric fields and an increase of the axial…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-06-23 Daniel Hoenig , Fabian Thielemann , Leon Karpa , Thomas Walker , Amir Mohammadi , Tobias Schaetz

Beams of neutral polar molecules in a low-field seeking quantum state can be slowed down using a Stark decelerator, and can subsequently be loaded and confined in electrostatic quadrupole traps. The efficiency of the trap loading process is…

The ability of metallic nanostructures to confine light at the sub-wavelength scale enables new perspectives and opportunities in the field of nanotechnology. Making use of this unique advantage, nano-optical trapping techniques have been…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-26 Domna G. Kotsifaki , Síle Nic Chormaic

We present theoretical and experimental results of coherent population trapping spectra on a multi-level $^{40}$Ca$^+$-type configuration, adding a third beam to the standard two-laser $\Lambda$ system to avoid undesired optical pumping. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Nicolás Nuñez Barreto , Martin Drechsler , Christian Tomás Schmiegelow

Optical lattices serve as fundamental building blocks for atomic quantum technology. However, the scale and resolution of these lattices are diffraction-limited to the light wavelength. In conventional lattices, achieving tight confinement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-15 Mohammadsadegh Khazali

Optomechanical systems are suitable for elucidating quantum phenomena at the macroscopic scale in the sense of the mass scale. The systems should be well-isolated from the environment to avoid classical noises, which conceal quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-22 Takuya Kawasaki , Naoki Kita , Koji Nagano , Shotaro Wada , Yuya Kuwahara , Masaki Ando , Yuta Michimura

We have demonstrated that near complete coherence can be achieved in a four level double lambda-like systems using a train of ultra-short optical pulses. The effect of the Doppler broadening has been analyzed and a scheme has been proposed…

Optics · Physics 2014-01-16 Pawan Kumar , Amarendra K. Sarma

We experimentally demonstrate optical dipole trapping of a cloud of cold atoms by means of a dynamically coupled mode of a high-finesse cavity. We show that the trap requires a collective action of the atoms, i.e. a single atom would not be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 A. Dombi , T. W. Clark , F. I. B. Williams , F. Jessen , J. Fortágh , D. Nagy , A. Vukics , P. Domokos

Transfer mechanism of orbital angular moment(OAM) of light to trapped ground-state atoms under paraxial approximation is well known. Here we show how optical OAM of a Laguerre-Gaussian(LG) beam under paraxial approximation can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 Koushik Mukherjee , Sonjoy Majumder , Pradip Kumar Mondal , Bimalendu Deb

We propose a new geometry of optical lattice for cold atoms, namely a lattice made of a 1D stack of dark ring traps. It is obtained through the interference pattern of a standard Gaussian beam with a counter-propagating hollow beam obtained…

In this paper we develop a unified framework to study the coherent control of trapped ions subject to state-dependent forces. Taking different limits in our theory, we can reproduce two different designs of a two-qubit quantum gate --the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. J. Garcia-Ripoll , P. Zoller , J. I. Cirac

With the development of ultra intense laser technology, MeV ions from the laser foil interaction have been obtained by different mechanisms, such as target normal sheath acceleration, radiation pressure acceleration, collisionless shock…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-01-13 Wenpeng Wang , Baifei Shen , Xiaomei Zhang , Lingang Zhang , Yin Shi , Zhizhan Xu

We propose a scheme for state-insensitive trapping of neutral atoms by using light with two independent wavelengths. In particular, we describe the use of trapping and control lasers to minimize the variance of the potential experienced by…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Bindiya Arora , M. S. Safronova , Charles W. Clark

Author suggests and analyzes new universal trapping method of comparatively slow-speed particles of a rarefied gas medium in the potential well induced by the nonhomogeneous electromagnetic field increasing with time (up to some moment).…

General Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 Azad Ch. Izmailov

We study the entanglement between the internal electronic and the external vibrational degrees of freedom of a trapped atom which is driven by two lasers into electromagnetically-induced transparency. It is shown that basic features of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-31 Maryam Roghani , Hanspeter Helm , Heinz-Peter Breuer

We describe the use of laser-enhanced etching of fused silica in order to build multi-layer ion traps. This technique offers high precision of both machining and alignment of adjacent wafers. As examples of designs taking advantage of this…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Simon Ragg , Chiara Decaroli , Thomas Lutz , Jonathan P. Home

We present a simple and effective method of loading particles into an optical trap in air at atmospheric pressure. Material which is highly absorptive at the trapping laser wavelength, such as tartrazine dye, is used as media to attach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-30 Jen-Feng Hsu , Peng Ji , M. V. Gurudev Dutt , Brian R. D'Urso