Single atoms in the ring lattice for quantum information processing and quantum simulation

• 来源期刊: 科学通报(英文版)
• 学科: 物理学
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（16）
• 页码范围: 1931-1945
• 页数: 15页
• 分类号: O431.2|O562
• 语种: 中文

摘要

We have demonstrated preparing and rotating single neutral rubidium atoms in an optical ring lattice generated by a spatial light modulator, inserting two atoms into a single microscopic optical potential efficiently by dynamically reshaping the optical dipole trap, trapping single atoms in a blue detuned optical bottle beam trap, and confining single atoms into the Lamb-Dicke regime by combining red and blue detuned optical potentials. In combination with the manipulation of internal states of single atoms, the study is opening a way for research in the field of quantum information processing and quantum simulation. In this paper we review the past works and discuss the prospects.