We capture individual rubidium-85 atoms in steerable optical tweezers with high efficiency to study atomic interactions with a known number of atoms. These tweezers allow us to capture and move individual atoms, and to prepare them in a specific quantum states. We show the usefulness of this platform to study atomic interactions like individual molecule formation and spin changing collisions.
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- Controlling individual atoms with optical tweezers
- Marvin WeylandMikkel F. AndersenRhys A. B. HobbsLucile SanchezPoramaporn RuksasakchaiStuart S. Szigeti
- Kishan Dholakia (Editor) - University of St AndrewsGabriel C. Spalding (Editor) - Illinois Wesleyan University
- Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies; Physics
- Proceedings of SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics): Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XX, Vol.12649, 1264909
- SPIE
- 05/10/2023
- SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering 2023 (San Diego, California, U.S.A., 20/08/2023–25/08/2023)
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- English
- Conference proceeding; Conference Abstract