Spatial Light Modulators for the Manipulation of Individual Atoms

Journal article

We propose a novel dipole trapping scheme using spatial light modulators (SLM) for the manipulation of individual atoms. The scheme uses a high numerical aperture microscope to map the intensity distribution of a SLM onto a cloud of cold atoms. The regions of high intensity act as optical dipole force traps. With a SLM fast enough to modify the trapping potential in real time, this technique is well suited for the controlled addressing and manipulation of arbitrarily selected atoms.

Authors: Brandt, L; Muldoon, C; Thiele, T; Dong, J; Brainis, E

• Publication date: 2010-08-05
• Keywords: quant-ph; physics.optics; physics.atom-ph