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Tailored optical potentials for Cs atoms above waveguides with focusing dielectric nano-antenna

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/07/2020
<mark>Journal</mark>Optics Letters
Issue number13
Volume45
Number of pages4
Pages (from-to)3512-3515
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date24/06/20
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Tuning the near field using all-dielectric nano-antennas offers a promising approach for trapping atoms, which could enable strong single-atom-photon coupling. Here we report the numerical study of an optical trapping of a single Cs atom above a waveguide with a silicon nano-antenna, which produces a trapping potential for atoms in a chipscale configuration. Using counter-propagating incident fields, bichromatically detuned from the atomic cesium D-lines, we numerically investigate the dependence of the optical potential on the nano-antenna geometry. We tailor the near-field potential landscape by tuning the evanescent field of the waveguide using a toroidal nano-antenna, a configuration that enables trapping of ultracold Cs atoms. Our research opens up a plethora of trapping atoms applications in a chip-scale manner, from quantum computing to quantum sensing, among others.