Inserting Two Atoms into a Single Optical Micropotential

Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, M. Khudaverdyan, D. Meschede, S. Reick, and A. Rauschenbeutel
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 243003 – Published 12 December 2006

Abstract

We recently demonstrated that strings of trapped atoms inside a standing wave optical dipole trap can be rearranged using optical tweezers [Y. Miroshnychenko et al., Nature 442, 151 (2006)]. This technique allows us to actively set the interatomic separations on the scale of the individual trapping potential wells. Here, we use such a distance-control operation to insert two atoms into the same potential well. The detected success rate of this manipulation is 163+4%, in agreement with the predictions of a theoretical model based on our experimental parameters.

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  • Received 9 June 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.243003

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, M. Khudaverdyan, D. Meschede, S. Reick, and A. Rauschenbeutel*

  • Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Bonn, Wegelerstrasse 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany

  • *Electronic address: rauschenbeutel@iap.uni-bonn.de

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Vol. 97, Iss. 24 — 15 December 2006

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