Trapping and Cooling of Single Atoms in an Optical Microcavity by a Magic-Wavelength Dipole Trap

We present trapping and cooling of single cesium atoms inside a microcavity by means of an intracavity far-off- resonance trap （FORT）. By the ＇magic＇ wavelength FORT, we achieve state-insensitive single-atom trapping and cooling in a microeavity. The cavity transmission of the probe beam strongly co...

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Published inChinese physics letters Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 68 - 71
Main Author 李文芳 杜金锦 文瑞娟 李刚 张天才
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.10.2015
Subjects
Cooling
Forts
Holes
Joining
Microcavities
Quantum electrodynamics
Trapping
Wavelengths
偶极
光学微腔
内部冷却
单原子
捕获
波长
腔量子电动力学
魔法
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ISSN0256-307X
1741-3540
DOI10.1088/0256-307X/32/10/104210

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Summary:We present trapping and cooling of single cesium atoms inside a microcavity by means of an intracavity far-off- resonance trap （FORT）. By the ＇magic＇ wavelength FORT, we achieve state-insensitive single-atom trapping and cooling in a microeavity. The cavity transmission of the probe beam strongly coupled to single atoms enables us to continuously observe the intracavity atom trapping. The average atomic localization time inside the bright FORT is about 7ms by introducing cavity cooling with appropriate detuning. This experiment presents great potential in coherent state manipulation for strongly coupled atom photon systems in the context of cavity quantum electrodynamics.
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We present trapping and cooling of single cesium atoms inside a microcavity by means of an intracavity far-off- resonance trap （FORT）. By the ＇magic＇ wavelength FORT, we achieve state-insensitive single-atom trapping and cooling in a microeavity. The cavity transmission of the probe beam strongly coupled to single atoms enables us to continuously observe the intracavity atom trapping. The average atomic localization time inside the bright FORT is about 7ms by introducing cavity cooling with appropriate detuning. This experiment presents great potential in coherent state manipulation for strongly coupled atom photon systems in the context of cavity quantum electrodynamics.
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ISSN:0256-307X
1741-3540
DOI:10.1088/0256-307X/32/10/104210