Spatial Light Modulators for the Manipulation of Individual Atoms
Lukas Brandt, Cecilia Muldoon, Tobias Thiele +3 more
We propose a novel dipole trapping scheme using spatial light modulators (SLM) for the manipulation of individual atoms. The scheme uses a high numerical aperture microscope to map the intensity distribution of a SLM onto a cloud of cold atoms. The regions of high intensity act as optical dipole force traps. With a SLM fast enough to modify the trapping potential in real time, this technique is well suited for the controlled addressing and manipulation of arbitrarily selected atoms.
•Jan 1, 2010•10 citations