Coherence and Raman Sideband Cooling of a Single Atom in an Optical Tweezer

Coherence and Raman Sideband Cooling of a Single Atom in an Optical Tweezer

We investigate quantum control of a single atom in a tightly focused optical tweezer trap. We show that inevitable spatially varying polarization gives rise to significant internal-state decoherence but that this effect can be mitigated by an appropriately chosen magnetic bias field. This enables Ra...

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Main Authors: Thompson, J. D. (Author), Zibrov, A. S. (Author), Lukin, M. D. (Author), Tiecke, Tobias G. (Author), Vuletic, Vladan (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor), MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (Contributor), Tiecke, T. G. (Contributor), Vuletic, V. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2013-07-11T20:38:04Z.
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