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Reservoir-based deterministic loading of single-atom tweezer arrays
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. Research 5, L032009 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- State-of-the-art individual-atom tweezer platforms have relied on loading schemes based on spatially superimposing the tweezer array with a cloud of cold atoms created beforehand. Together with immanent atom loss, this dramatically limits the data rate, as the application sequence must be alternated with the time-consuming phases of magneto-optical trapping and laser cooling. We introduce a modular scheme built on an additional cold-atom reservoir and an array of buffer traps effectively decoupling cold-atom accumulation and single-atom supply from the quantum-register operation. For this purpose, we connect a microlens-based tweezer array to a cloud of laser-cooled atoms held in an auxiliary large-focus dipole trap by utilizing atom transport and buffer traps for dedicated single-atom supply. We demonstrate deterministic loading of a hexagonal target structure with atoms solely originating from the reservoir trap. The results facilitate increased data rates and unlock a path to continuous operation of individual-atom tweezer arrays in quantum science, making use of discrete functional modules, operated in parallel and spatially separated.
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
Physics - Atomic Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. Research 5, L032009 (2023)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2302.12730
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L032009