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Control and manipulation of cold atoms in optical tweezers
- Abstract:
- Neutral atoms trapped by laser light are among the most promising candidates for storing and processing information in a quantum computer or simulator. The application certainly calls for a scalable and flexible scheme for addressing and manipulating the atoms. We have now made this a reality by implementing a fast and versatile method to dynamically control the position of neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers. The tweezers result from a spatial light modulator (SLM) controlling and shaping a large number of optical dipole-force traps. Trapped atoms adapt to any change in the potential landscape, such that one can rearrange and randomly access individual sites within atom-trap arrays. © IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1088/1367-2630/14/7/073051
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+ Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique--FNRS (Belgium)
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- Funding agency for:
- Brainis, E
- Publisher:
- Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
- Journal:
- NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS More from this journal
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 073051-073051
- Publication date:
- 2012-07-27
- DOI:
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1367-2630
- ISSN:
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1367-2630
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:172557
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pubs:172557
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172557
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2013-03-20
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- IOP Publishing Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2012
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