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We demonstrate the trapping and manipulation of single neutral atoms in reconfigurable arrays of optical tweezers. Our approach offers unparalleled speed by using a Texas Instruments Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD) as a holographic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Dustin Stuart , Axel Kuhn

We perform narrowline cooling of single dysprosium atoms trapped in a 1D optical tweezers array, employing the narrow single-photon transition at 741 nm. At the trapping wavelength of 532 nm, the excited state is less trapped than the…

We demonstrate single-atom resolved imaging with a survival probability of $0.99932(8)$ and a fidelity of $0.99991(1)$, enabling us to perform repeated high-fidelity imaging of single atoms in tweezers for thousands of times. We further…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-05-02 Jacob P. Covey , Ivaylo S. Madjarov , Alexandre Cooper , Manuel Endres

Optical tweezers have become essential tools to manipulate atoms or molecules at a single particle level. However, using standard diffracted-limited optical systems, the transverse size of the trap is lower bounded by the optical…

We demonstrate full quantum state control of two species of single atoms using optical tweezers and assemble the atoms into a molecule. Our demonstration includes 3D ground-state cooling of a single atom (Cs) in an optical tweezer,…

We describe a simple and compact experimental setup for optical tweezer arrays of 87Rb atoms. This setup includes a compact vacuum system, a single cooling laser, a simple tweezer laser, and a flexible control system. The small vacuum…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-15 Xue Zhao , Xiao Wang , Wentao Yang , Xiaoyu Dai , Yirong Wang , Guangren Sun , Fangshi Jia , Kuiyi Gao , Wei Zhang

Laser cooling of single atoms in optical tweezers is a prerequisite for neutral atom quantum computing and simulation. Resolved sideband cooling comprises a well-established method for efficient motional ground-state preparation, but…

We demonstrate number-resolved detection of individual strontium atoms in a long working distance low numerical aperture (NA = 0.26) tweezer. Using a camera based on single-photon counting technology, we determine the presence of an atom in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-03-11 N. C. Jackson , R. K. Hanley , M. Hill , F. Leroux , C. S. Adams , M. P. A. Jones

We report on the trapping and imaging of individual ytterbium atoms in arrays of optical tweezers, loaded from a magneto-optical trap (MOT) formed by only five beams in an orthogonal configuration. In our five-beam MOT, operating on the…

Cooling and trapping of atoms by light has enabled one to build and manipulate quantum systems at the single atom level. Such a bottom-up approach becomes one of the fascinating challenges toward scalable and highly controllable quantum…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Hyosub Kim , Woojun Lee , Han-gyeol Lee , Hanlae Jo , Yunheung Song , Jaewook Ahn

We report the realization of a heteronuclear two-atom of $^{87}$Rb-$^{85}$Rb in the ground state of an optical tweezer (OT). Starting by trapping two different isotopic single atoms, a $^{87}$Rb and a $^{85}$Rb in two strongly focused and…

Trapping of single ultracold atoms is an important tool for applications ranging from quantum computation and communication to sensing. However, most experimental setups, while very precise and versatile, can only be operated in specialized…

We implement a scalable platform for quantum sensing comprising hundreds of sites capable of holding individual laser-cooled atoms and demonstrate the applicability of this single-quantum-system sensor array to magnetic-field mapping on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-11 Dominik Schäffner , Tobias Schreiber , Fabian Lenz , Malte Schlosser , Gerhard Birkl

We use optical tweezers based on time-multiplexed acousto-optic deflectors to trap ultra-cold cesium atoms in one-dimensional arrays of atomic ensembles. For temperatures between 2.5 $\mu$K and 50 nK we study the maximal time between…

We report simultaneous Raman sideband cooling of a single $^{87}$Rb atom and a single $^{133}$Cs atom held in separate optical tweezers at 814\,nm and 938\,nm, respectively. Starting from outside the Lamb-Dicke regime, after 45\,ms of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-10-19 S. Spence , R. V. Brooks , D. K. Ruttley , A. Guttridge , Simon L. Cornish

The optical tweezer experiment with neutral atoms is a focal topic in cold atom physics due to its significant potential in quantum computing and simulation. Here, we present the realization of a dual-species optical tweezer for both Rb and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-10-29 Yangbo Wei , Kedi Wei , Shangjin Li , Bo Yan

Cooling atoms to the ground-state of optical tweezers is becoming increasingly important for high-fidelity imaging, cooling, and molecular assembly. While extensive theoretical work has been conducted on cooling in free space, fewer studies…

Trapped atoms near nanophotonics form an exciting platform for bottom-up synthesis of strongly interacting quantum matter. The ability to induce tunable long-range atom-atom interactions with photons presents an opportunity to explore…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-12 May E. Kim , Tzu-Han Chang , Brian M. Fields , Cheng-An Chen , Chen-Lung Hung

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…

Engineering controllable, strongly interacting many-body quantum systems is at the frontier of quantum simulation and quantum information processing. Arrays of laser-cooled neutral atoms in optical tweezers have emerged as a promising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-17 Samuel Saskin , Jack Wilson , Brandon Grinkemeyer , Jeff Thompson