International Journal of Nanomanufacturing

Quantum treatment of a trapped atom inside a cylindrical nanotube

S. Al‐Awfi

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

We present the quantum treatment of the neutral atom trapped by the two-dimensional optical dipole potential due to a nano-cavity mode. Our model is based on the pure optical trapping of a two-level atom inside a cylindrical quantum system. In particular, when a hole diameter of the cylindrical tube of the order of nano-scale, only the lowest order mode can exist, which means that the optical system operates as an exact single mode structure. We have assumed large negative detuning situation

DOI: 10.1504/ijnm.2011.039958

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