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Holographic generation of micro-trap arrays for single atoms

Silvia Bergamini, Benoit Darquie, Matt Jones, Lionel Jacubowiez, Antoine Browaeys, Philippe Grangier

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0402020

Abstract

We have generated multiple micron-sized optical dipole traps for neutral atoms using holographic techniques with a programmable liquid crystal spatial light modulator. The setup allows the storing of a single atom per trap, and the addressing and manipulation of individual trapping sites.

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