Probing cold atom interactions via optical nanofibers

Síle Nic Chormaic; Alexey Vylegzhanin; Zohreh Shahrabifarahani; Aswathy Raj; Aleksandr Zaitsev; Sergei Abdrakhmanov; Wenfang Li; Jesse Everett; Dylan Brown

doi:10.1117/12.2657345

8 March 2023 Probing cold atom interactions via optical nanofibers

Síle Nic Chormaic, Alexey Vylegzhanin, Zohreh Shahrabifarahani, Aswathy Raj, Aleksandr Zaitsev, Sergei Abdrakhmanov, Wenfang Li, Jesse Everett, Dylan Brown

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Proceedings Volume 12447, Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology; 124470U (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657345
Event: SPIE Quantum West, 2023, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Optical nanofibers – very thin, tapered optical fibers where the waist diameter is less than the propagating light wavelength – have been shown to be very useful tools for atom-light interactions. Their small size and relative ease of integration into optical fiber-based experimental setups, in addition to their minimal perturbation on magneto-optically trapped cold atoms, have ensured their adoption into cold atom physics. Here, we will discuss some recent applications of optical nanofibers to manipulate, trap, and control cold ⁸⁷Rb atoms in ground or Rydberg states. We will present some recent experimental and theoretical results related to the interactions between the atoms and the optical nanofiber field and introduce some of the limitations observed.

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Síle Nic Chormaic, Alexey Vylegzhanin, Zohreh Shahrabifarahani, Aswathy Raj, Aleksandr Zaitsev, Sergei Abdrakhmanov, Wenfang Li, Jesse Everett, and Dylan Brown "Probing cold atom interactions via optical nanofibers", Proc. SPIE 12447, Quantum Sensing, Imaging, and Precision Metrology, 124470U (8 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657345

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