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Holographic optical tweezers allow the three dimensional, dynamic, multipoint manipulation of micron sized dielectric objects. Exploiting the massive parallel architecture of modern GPUs we can generate highly optimized holograms at video…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Bianchi , R. Di Leonardo

A metasurface hologram combines fine spatial resolution and large viewing angles with a planar form factor and compact size. However, it suffers coherent artifacts originating from electromagnetic cross-talk between closely packed…

In digital holography, the coherent scattered light fields can be reconstructed volumetrically. By refocusing the fields to the sample planes, absorption and phase-shift profiles of sparsely distributed samples can be simultaneously…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-10 Jian Zhao , Yuzhuo Wang , Xing Huang , Saijun Wu

Optically levitated dielectric nanoparticles have become valuable tools for precision sensing and quantum optomechanical experiments. To predict the dynamic properties of a particle trapped in an optical tweezer with high fidelity, a tool…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-20 Moosung Lee , Tobias Hanke , Sara Launer , Sungkun Hong

Optical absorption imaging has become a common technique for detecting the density distribution of ultracold atoms. The defocus effect generally produces artificial spatial structures in the obtained images, which confuses our understanding…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Tianyou Gao , Dongfang Zhang , Lingran Kong , Ruizong Li , Kaijun Jiang

Experimental control and detection of atoms and molecules often rely on optical transitions between different electronic states. In many cases, substructure such as hyperfine or spin-rotation structure leads to the need for multiple optical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 Connor M. Holland , Yukai Lu , Lawrence W. Cheuk

Reconfigurable neutral-atom arrays are a promising platform for quantum computing, quantum simulation, and quantum metrology, but atom transport using frequency-chirped acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) is limited by chirp-induced acoustic…

This paper summarizes our recent progress towards using single rubidium atoms trapped in an optical tweezer to encode quantum information. We demonstrate single qubit rotations on this system and measure the coherence of the qubit. We move…

Digital micromirror devices are a popular type of spatial light modulators for wavefront shaping applications. While they offer several advantages when compared to liquid crystal modulators, such as polarization insensitivity and…

Optics · Physics 2023-11-29 R. Gutiérrez-Cuevas , S. M. Popoff

High-resolution fluorescence imaging of ultracold atoms and molecules is paramount to performing quantum simulation and computation in optical lattices and tweezers. Imaging durations in these experiments typically range from a millisecond…

We demonstrate a method to double the collection efficiency in Laser Tweezers Raman Spectroscopy (LTRS) by collecting both the forward and back-scattered light in a single-shot multitrack measurement. Our method can collect signals at…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-09 Tobias Dahlberg , Magnus Andersson

We trap atoms in versatile two-dimensional (2D) arrays of optical potentials, prepare flexible 2D spin configurations, perform site-selective coherent manipulation, and demonstrate the implementation of simultaneous measurements of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-18 Jens Kruse , Christian Gierl , Malte Schlosser , Gerhard Birkl

Diffuse optical imaging (DOI) offers valuable insights into scattering mediums, but the quest for high-resolution imaging often requires dense sampling strategies, leading to higher imaging errors and lengthy acquisition times. This work…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-07 Ben Wiesel , Shlomi Arnon

We report the efficient and fast ($\sim 2\mathrm{Hz}$) preparation of randomly loaded 1D chains of individual $^{87}$Rb atoms and of dense atomic clouds trapped in optical tweezers using a new experimental platform. This platform is…

Microscopically controlled neutral atoms in optical tweezers and lattices have led to exciting advances in the study of quantum information and quantum many-body systems. The light shifts of atomic levels from the trapping potential in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Nicholas R. Hutzler , Lee R. Liu , Yichao Yu , Kang-Kuen Ni

Holographic Optical Tweezers (HOT) are powerful tools that can manipulate micro and nano-scale objects with high accuracy and precision. They are most commonly used for biological applications, such as cellular studies, and more recently,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-29 Tommy Zhang , Nicole Werner , Ashis G. Banerjee

Computer generated holography requires high-speed spatial light modulators (SLMs) for dynamically patterning light in 3D. Piston-motion micromirror-based SLMs support high-speed ($\geq$ 10 kHz) phase modulation; however, fabricating…

Ultracold atoms are crucial for unlocking truly precise and accurate quantum metrology, and provide an essential platform for quantum computing, communication and memories. One of the largest ongoing challenges is the miniaturization of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-01-06 Alan Bregazzi , James P. McGilligan , Paul F. Griffin , Erling Riis , Aidan S. Arnold

Assembling large-scale, defect-free Rydberg atom arrays is a key technology for neutral-atom quantum computation. Dynamic holographic optical tweezers enable the assembly and reconfiguration of such arrays, but phase mismatches between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Erdong Huang , Jiayi Huang , Hongshun Yao , Xin Wang , Jin-Guo Liu

Three-dimension real-time tracking of single emitters is an emerging tool for assessment of biological behavior as intraneuronal transport, for which spatiotemporal resolution is crucial to understand the microscopic interactions between…