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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/07/2020 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Optics Letters |
Issue number | 13 |
Volume | 45 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 3512-3515 |
Publication Status | Published |
Early online date | 24/06/20 |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
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.