Rotating single atoms in a ring lattice
generated by a spatial light modulator

doi:10.1364/OE.17.021007

Rotating single atoms in a ring lattice generated by a spatial light modulator

Xiaodong He, Peng Xu, Jin Wang, and Mingsheng Zhan »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 23, pp. 21007-21014 (2009)
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We demonstrated trapping single neutral Rb atoms in micro traps of an optical ring lattice formed by superposing the ±l components of the Laguerre-Gaussian mode, and generated by reflecting a single laser beam from a computer controlled spatial light modulator. A single atom in one trap or two atoms with one each in two traps were identified by observing the fluorescence. The trap array loaded with single atoms was rotated by dynamically displaying the hologram animation movie on the modulator. The modulation period in the fluorescence indicates the rotation of one or two single atoms in the lattice.

OCIS Codes
(020.7010) Atomic and molecular physics : Laser trapping
(090.2890) Holography : Holographic optical elements
(270.5585) Quantum optics : Quantum information and processing
(020.3320) Atomic and molecular physics : Laser cooling

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Atomic and Molecular Physics

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Original Manuscript: September 9, 2009
Revised Manuscript: October 22, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: October 23, 2009
Published: November 3, 2009

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Xiaodong He, Peng Xu, Jin Wang, and Mingsheng Zhan, "Rotating single atoms in a ring lattice generated by a spatial light modulator," Opt. Express 17, 21007-21014 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-23-21007

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M. Stutz, S. Groblacher, T. Jennewein, A. Zeilinger, "How to create and detect N-dimensional entangled photons with an active phase hologram," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 261114 (2007). [CrossRef]
J. Wang, L. Zhou, R. B. Li, M. Liu, M. S. Zhan, "Cold atom interferometers and their applications in precision measurements," Front. Phys. China 4, 179-189 (2009). [CrossRef]
K. Li, L. Deng, E. W. Hagley, M. G. Payne, and M. S. Zhan, "Matter-wave self-imaging by atomic center-of-mass motion induced interference," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 250401 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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Allen, L.
Alt, W.
Arnold, A. S.
Beijersbergen, M. W.
Bergamini, S.
Beugnon, J.
Birkl, G.
Bloch, I.
Browaeys, A.
Buchkremer, F. B. J.
Darquie, B.
Deng, L.
Dotsenko, I.
Dumke, R.
Ellinas, D.
Ertmer, W.
Forster, L.
Franke-Arnold, S.
Frese, D.
Gaetan, A.
Girkin, J. M.
Gomer, V.
Grangier, P.
Greiner, M.
Grimm, R.
Groblacher, S.
Haffner, H.
Hagley, E. W.
Hanbury-Brown, H.
Hansch, T. W.
Helmerson, K.
Hirano, T.
Jacubowiez, L.
Jennewein, T.
Jones, M.
Jones, M. P .A.
Khudaverdyan, M.
Kuga, T.
Kuhr, S.
Kurtsiefer, C.
Lance, A. M.
Leach, J.
Lembessis, V. E.
Li, K.
Li, R. B.
Liu, M.
Mandel, O.
Marion, H.
McKenzie, C.
Meschede, D.
Messin, G.
Miroshnychenko, Y.
Muther, T.
Ohberg, P.
Ovchinnikov, Y. B.
Padgett, M. J.
Payne, M. G.
Phillips, W. D.
Protsenko, I.
Rauschenbeutel, A.
Reymond, G.
Rolston, S. L.
Rom, T.
Rosenfeld, W.
Sasada, H.
Saucke, K.
Schlosser, N.
Schrader, D.
Shimizu, Y.
Shiokawa, N.
Sortais, Y. R. P.
Spreeuw, R. J. C.
Stutz, M.
Torii, Y.
Tuchendler, C.
Twiss, R. Q.
Uberholz, B.
Volk, M.
Volz, J.
Wang, J.
Weber, M.
Weidemuller, M.
Weinfurter, H.
Widera, A.
Woerdman, J. P.
Wright, A. J.
Zeilinger, A.
Zhan, M. S.
Zhou, L.

Adv. At., Mol., Opt. Phys.

R. Grimm, M. Weidemuller, Y. B. Ovchinnikov, "Optical dipole traps for neutral atoms," Adv. At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 42, 95-170 (2000). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

M. Stutz, S. Groblacher, T. Jennewein, A. Zeilinger, "How to create and detect N-dimensional entangled photons with an active phase hologram," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 261114 (2007). [CrossRef]

Front. Phys. China

J. Wang, L. Zhou, R. B. Li, M. Liu, M. S. Zhan, "Cold atom interferometers and their applications in precision measurements," Front. Phys. China 4, 179-189 (2009). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B

S. Bergamini, B. Darquie, M. Jones, L. Jacubowiez, A. Browaeys, P. Grangier, "Holographic generation of microtrap arrays for single atoms by use of a programmable phase modulator," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 1889-1894 (2004). [CrossRef]

Nat. Phys.

J. Beugnon, C. Tuchendler, H. Marion, A. Gaetan, Y. Miroshnychenko, Y. R. P. Sortais, A. M. Lance, M. P.A. Jones, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, P. Grangier, "Two-dimensional transport and transfer of a single atomic qubit in optical tweezers," Nat. Phys. 3, 696-699 (2007). [CrossRef]

Nature (London)

Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Forster, M. Khudaverdyan, D. Meschede, D. Schrader, A. Rauschenbeutel, "Quantum engineering: An atom-sorting machine," Nature (London) 442, 151 (2006). [CrossRef]
H. Hanbury-Brown and R. Q. Twiss, "Correlation between photons in two coherent beams of light," Nature (London) 177, 27-29 (1956).
N. Schlosser, G. Reymond, I. Protsenko, P. Grangier, "Sub-poissonian loading of single atoms in a microscopic dipole trap," Nature (London) 411, 1024-1027 (2001). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

S. Franke-Arnold, J. Leach, M. J. Padgett, V. E. Lembessis, D. Ellinas, A. J. Wright, J. M. Girkin, P. Ohberg, A. S. Arnold, "Optical ferris wheel for ultracold atoms," Opt. Express 15, 8619-8625 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Phys. Rev. A

L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman, "Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes," Phys. Rev. A 45, 8185 - 8189 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. Weber, J. Volz, K. Saucke, C. Kurtsiefer, H. Weinfurter,"Analysis of a single-atom dipole trap," Phys. Rev. A 73, 043406 (2006). [CrossRef]
A. Browaeys, H. Haffner, C. McKenzie, S. L. Rolston, K. Helmerson, W. D. Phillips, "Transport of atoms in a quantum conveyor belt," Phys. Rev. A 72, 053605 (2006). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Rosenfeld, M. Khudaverdyan, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, D. Meschede, "Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 213002 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
O. Mandel, M. Greiner, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hansch, I. Bloch, "Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010407 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Li, L. Deng, E. W. Hagley, M. G. Payne, and M. S. Zhan, "Matter-wave self-imaging by atomic center-of-mass motion induced interference," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 250401 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
N. Schlosser, G. Reymond, and P. Grangier, "Collisional Blockade in Microscopic Optical Dipole Traps," Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 023005 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
T. Kuga, Y. Torii, N. Shiokawa, T. Hirano, Y. Shimizu, H. Sasada, "Novel Optical Trap of Atoms with a Doughnut Beam," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4713 - 4716 (1997). [CrossRef]
R. Dumke, M. Volk, T. Muther, F. B. J. Buchkremer, G. Birkl, W. Ertmer, "Micro-optical Realization of Arrays of Selectively Addressable Dipole Traps: A Scalable Configuration for Quantum Computation with Atomic Qubits," Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 097903 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, "Neutral Atom Quantum Register," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 150501 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Frese, B. Uberholz, S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede, "Single atoms in an optical dipole trap: Towards a deterministic source of cold atoms," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3777-3740 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

M. P.A. Jones, J. Beugnon, A. Gaetan, J. Zhang, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, "Fast quantum state control of a single trapped neutral atom," Phys. Rev. A 75, 040301(R) (2007). [CrossRef]

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[1] R. Grimm, M. Weidemuller, Y. B. Ovchinnikov, "Optical dipole traps for neutral atoms," Adv. At., Mol., Opt. Phys. 42, 95-170 (2000). [CrossRef]

[2] D. Frese, B. Uberholz, S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, V. Gomer, and D. Meschede, "Single atoms in an optical dipole trap: Towards a deterministic source of cold atoms," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 3777-3740 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] N. Schlosser, G. Reymond, I. Protsenko, P. Grangier, "Sub-poissonian loading of single atoms in a microscopic dipole trap," Nature (London) 411, 1024-1027 (2001). [CrossRef]

[4] S. Bergamini, B. Darquie, M. Jones, L. Jacubowiez, A. Browaeys, P. Grangier, "Holographic generation of microtrap arrays for single atoms by use of a programmable phase modulator," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 1889-1894 (2004). [CrossRef]

[5] R. Dumke, M. Volk, T. Muther, F. B. J. Buchkremer, G. Birkl, W. Ertmer, "Micro-optical Realization of Arrays of Selectively Addressable Dipole Traps: A Scalable Configuration for Quantum Computation with Atomic Qubits," Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 097903 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, "Neutral Atom Quantum Register," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 150501 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Forster, M. Khudaverdyan, D. Meschede, D. Schrader, A. Rauschenbeutel, "Quantum engineering: An atom-sorting machine," Nature (London) 442, 151 (2006). [CrossRef]

[8] S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Rosenfeld, M. Khudaverdyan, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, D. Meschede, "Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 213002 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] O. Mandel, M. Greiner, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hansch, I. Bloch, "Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials," Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010407 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[10] J. Beugnon, C. Tuchendler, H. Marion, A. Gaetan, Y. Miroshnychenko, Y. R. P. Sortais, A. M. Lance, M. P.A. Jones, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, P. Grangier, "Two-dimensional transport and transfer of a single atomic qubit in optical tweezers," Nat. Phys. 3, 696-699 (2007). [CrossRef]

[11] S. Franke-Arnold, J. Leach, M. J. Padgett, V. E. Lembessis, D. Ellinas, A. J. Wright, J. M. Girkin, P. Ohberg, A. S. Arnold, "Optical ferris wheel for ultracold atoms," Opt. Express 15, 8619-8625 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] L. Allen, M. W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw, and J. P. Woerdman, "Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes," Phys. Rev. A 45, 8185 - 8189 (1992). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] T. Kuga, Y. Torii, N. Shiokawa, T. Hirano, Y. Shimizu, H. Sasada, "Novel Optical Trap of Atoms with a Doughnut Beam," Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4713 - 4716 (1997). [CrossRef]

[14] M. Stutz, S. Groblacher, T. Jennewein, A. Zeilinger, "How to create and detect N-dimensional entangled photons with an active phase hologram," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 261114 (2007). [CrossRef]

[15] J. Wang, L. Zhou, R. B. Li, M. Liu, M. S. Zhan, "Cold atom interferometers and their applications in precision measurements," Front. Phys. China 4, 179-189 (2009). [CrossRef]

[16] K. Li, L. Deng, E. W. Hagley, M. G. Payne, and M. S. Zhan, "Matter-wave self-imaging by atomic center-of-mass motion induced interference," Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 250401 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[17] N. Schlosser, G. Reymond, and P. Grangier, "Collisional Blockade in Microscopic Optical Dipole Traps," Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 023005 (2002). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[18] H. Hanbury-Brown and R. Q. Twiss, "Correlation between photons in two coherent beams of light," Nature (London) 177, 27-29 (1956).

[19] M. Weber, J. Volz, K. Saucke, C. Kurtsiefer, H. Weinfurter,"Analysis of a single-atom dipole trap," Phys. Rev. A 73, 043406 (2006). [CrossRef]

[20] M. P.A. Jones, J. Beugnon, A. Gaetan, J. Zhang, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, "Fast quantum state control of a single trapped neutral atom," Phys. Rev. A 75, 040301(R) (2007). [CrossRef]

[21] A. Browaeys, H. Haffner, C. McKenzie, S. L. Rolston, K. Helmerson, W. D. Phillips, "Transport of atoms in a quantum conveyor belt," Phys. Rev. A 72, 053605 (2006). [CrossRef]

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