Single beam atom sorting machine

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Published 2 November 2011 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation M McGovern et al 2012 Laser Phys. Lett. 9 78 DOI 10.1002/lapl.201110100

1612-202X/9/1/78

Abstract

We create two overlapping one-dimensional optical lattices using a single laser beam, a spatial light modulator and a high numerical aperture lens. These lattices have the potential to trap single atoms, and using the dynamic capabilities of the spatial light modulator may shift and sort atoms to a minimum atom-atom separation of 1.52 μm. We show how a simple feedback circuit can compensate for the spatial light modulator's intensity modulation.

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10.1002/lapl.201110100