TY - JOUR
T1 - Optical lattices for atom-based quantum microscopy
AU - Klinger, Andreas
AU - Degenkolb, Skyler
AU - Gemelke, Nathan
AU - Brickman Soderberg, Kathy Anne
AU - Chin, Cheng
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Qiti Guo and Emily Garza for assistance in the production of the DOE. The authors acknowledge support from the NSF-MRSEC program under Grant No. DMR-0820054, AFOSR MURI on Ultracold Molecules, and Packard foundation. N.G. acknowledges support from the Grainger Foundation. K.-A.B.S. acknowledges support from the Kadanoff-Rice MRSEC Fellowship.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We describe new techniques in the construction of optical lattices to realize a coherent atom-based microscope, comprised of two atomic species used as target and probe atoms, each in an independently controlled optical lattice. Precise and dynamic translation of the lattices allows atoms to be brought into spatial overlap to induce atomic interactions. For this purpose, we have fabricated two highly stable, hexagonal optical lattices, with widely separated wavelengths but identical lattice constants using diffractive optics. The relative translational stability of 12 nm permits controlled interactions and even entanglement operations with high fidelity. Translation of the lattices is realized through a monolithic electro-optic modulator array, capable of moving the lattice smoothly over one lattice site in 11 μs, or rapidly on the order of 100 ns.
AB - We describe new techniques in the construction of optical lattices to realize a coherent atom-based microscope, comprised of two atomic species used as target and probe atoms, each in an independently controlled optical lattice. Precise and dynamic translation of the lattices allows atoms to be brought into spatial overlap to induce atomic interactions. For this purpose, we have fabricated two highly stable, hexagonal optical lattices, with widely separated wavelengths but identical lattice constants using diffractive optics. The relative translational stability of 12 nm permits controlled interactions and even entanglement operations with high fidelity. Translation of the lattices is realized through a monolithic electro-optic modulator array, capable of moving the lattice smoothly over one lattice site in 11 μs, or rapidly on the order of 100 ns.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.3274813
DO - 10.1063/1.3274813
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20113083
AN - SCOPUS:75749122729
SN - 0034-6748
VL - 81
JO - Review of Scientific Instruments
JF - Review of Scientific Instruments
IS - 1
M1 - 013109
ER -