Trapping and Manipulation of Isolated Atoms Using Nanoscale Plasmonic Structures

Chang, D. E. and Thompson, J. D. and Park, H. and Vuletić, V. and Zibrov, A. S. and Zoller, P. and Lukin, M. D. (2009) Trapping and Manipulation of Isolated Atoms Using Nanoscale Plasmonic Structures. Physical Review Letters, 103 (12). Art. No. 123004. ISSN 0031-9007. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20091013-093447349

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Abstract

We propose and analyze a scheme to interface individual neutral atoms with nanoscale solid-state systems. The interface is enabled by optically trapping the atom via the strong near-field generated by a sharp metallic nanotip. We show that under realistic conditions, a neutral atom can be trapped with position uncertainties of just a few nanometers, and within tens of nanometers of other surfaces. Simultaneously, the guided surface plasmon modes of the nanotip allow the atom to be optically manipulated, or for fluorescence photons to be collected, with very high efficiency. Finally, we analyze the surface forces, heating and decoherence rates acting on the trapped atom.

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©2009 The American Physical Society. Received 26 May 2009; published 17 September 2009. This work was supported by the NSF, Harvard-MIT CUA, DARPA, Packard Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation through Caltech’s Center for the Physics of Information, the Austrian Science Fund, and EU Projects.

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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency	UNSPECIFIED
David and Lucile Packard Foundation	UNSPECIFIED
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation	UNSPECIFIED
Center for the Physics of Information, Caltech	UNSPECIFIED
Austrian Science Fund	UNSPECIFIED
European Union	UNSPECIFIED
MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms	UNSPECIFIED

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37.10.Gh Atom traps and guides; 42.50.-p Quantum optics; 73.20.Mf Collective excitations (surface/interface states); 78.67.Bf Optical properties of nanocrystals and nanoparticles

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Trapping and Manipulation of Isolated Atoms Using Nanoscale Plasmonic Structures D. E. Chang, J. D. Thompson, H. Park, V. Vuletic, A. S. Zibrov, P. Zoller, and M. D. Lukin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 123004 (2009), DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.123004

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