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We study the fidelity of single qubit quantum gates performed with two-frequency laser fields that have a Gaussian or super Gaussian spatial mode. Numerical simulations are used to account for imperfections arising from atomic motion in an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-10 Katharina Gillen-Christandl , Glen D. Gillen , M. J. Piotrowicz , M. Saffman

The distinction between point and line resolution in transmission electron microscopy (TEM) arises because an ability to image sub-0.2 nm fringes is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for imaging individual atoms. In scanned tip…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Fraundorf , J. Tentschert

The Scanning Quantum Cryogenic Atom Microscope (SQCRAMscope) is a quantum sensor in which a quasi-1D quantum gas images electromagnetic fields emitted from a nearby sample. We report improvements to the microscope. Cryogen usage is reduced…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Stephen F. Taylor , Fan Yang , Brandon A. Freudenstein , Benjamin L. Lev

We show that the conductance of neutral atoms through a tightly confining waveguide constriction is quantized in units of lambda_dB^2/pi, where lambda_dB is the de Broglie wavelength of the incident atoms. Such a constriction forms the atom…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-01-30 J. H. Thywissen , R. M. Westervelt , M. Prentiss

We compare classical versus quantum electron transport in recently investigated magnetic focusing devices [S. Bhandari et al., Nano Lett. 16, 1690 (2016)] exposed to the perturbing potential of a scanning gate microscope (SGM). Using the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-26 M. D. Petrović , S. P. Milovanović , F. M. Peeters

Ultracold atomic gases hold unique promise for space science by capitalizing on quantum advantages and extended freefall, afforded in a microgravity environment, to enable next-generation precision sensors. Atom interferometers are a class…

Atom- and site-resolved experiments with ultracold atoms in optical lattices provide a powerful platform for the simulation of strongly correlated materials. In this letter, we present a toolbox for the preparation, control and…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-04-22 Philipp M. Preiss , Ruichao Ma , M. Eric Tai , Jonathan Simon , Markus Greiner

We propose a new method for atomic-scale imaging of spatial current patterns in nanoscopic quantum networks by using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). By measuring the current flowing from the STM tip into one of the leads attached to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Tankut Can , Dirk K. Morr

We describe a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) that operates at magnetic fields up to 22 Tesla and temperatures down to 80 mK. We discuss the design of the STM head, with an improved coarse approach, the vibration isolation system, and…

The ability to directly measure the momentum distribution of quantum gases is both unique to these systems and pivotal in extracting many other important observables. Here we use Raman transitions to measure the momentum distribution of a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-01-15 Constantine Shkedrov , Gal Ness , Yanay Florshaim , Yoav Sagi

We perform scanning gate microscopy on individual suspended carbon nanotube quantum dots. The size and position of the quantum dots can be visually identified from the concentric high conductance rings. For the ultra clean devices used in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-25 Jiamin Xue , Rohan Dhall , Stephen B. Cronin , Brian J. LeRoy

The resonant buildup of light within optical microcavities elevates the radiation pressure which mediates coupling of optical modes to the mechanical modes of a microcavity. Above a certain threshold pump power, regenerative mechanical…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. J. Kippenberg , H. Rokhsari , K. J. Vahala

Heat transport in low-dimensional solids can significantly differ from their bulk counterpart due to various size-related effects. This offers rich heat transport phenomena to emerge. However, finding an appropriate thermometry method for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-12 T. Serkan Kasırga , Berke Köker

Electronic transport in semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes is studied by combined scanning gate microscopy and scanning impedance microscopy (SIM). Depending on the probe potential, SIM can be performed in both invasive and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sergei V. Kalinin , Dawn A. Bonnell , Marcus Freitag , A. T. Johnson

The quantum geometric tensor (QGT) of a quantum system in a given parameter space captures both the geometry of the state manifold and the topology of the system. While the local QGT elements have been successfully measured in various…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Raffael L. Klees , Mónica Benito

Solid-state devices can be fabricated at the atomic scale, with applications ranging from classical logic to current standards and quantum technologies. While it is very desirable to probe these devices and the quantum states they host at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-23 Kevin S. H. Ng , Benoit Voisin , Brett C. Johnson , Jeffrey C. McCallum , Joe Salfi , Sven Rogge

Atomic-scale imaging offers a reliable tool to directly measure the movement of microscopic particles. We present a scheme for achieving a nondestructive and ultrasensitive imaging of Rydberg atoms within an ensemble of cold probe atoms.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Xiaoguang Huo , J. F. Chen , Jing Qian , Weiping Zhang

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy measures how a single electron with definite energy propagates between a sample surface and the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope. In the simplest description, the differential conductance measured is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Mikko M. Ervasti , Fabian Schulz , Peter Liljeroth , Ari Harju

A compact cryogenic Kerr microscope for operation in the small volume of high-field magnets is described. It is suited for measurements both in Voigt and Faraday configuration. Coupled with a pulsed laser source, the microscope is used to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. J. Rizo , A. Pugžlys , J. Liu , D. Reuter , A. D. Wieck , C. H. van der Wal , P. H. M. van Loosdrecht

The origin of the anomalous transport feature appearing at conductance G \approx 0.7 x (2e2/h) in quasi-1D ballistic devices - the so-called 0.7 anomaly - represents a long standing puzzle. Several mechanisms were proposed to explain it,…