Gray-Molasses Optical-Tweezer Loading: Controlling Collisions for Scaling Atom-Array Assembly

• Published in: Physical review. X Vol. 9; no. 1
• Main Authors: Brown, M. O., Thiele, T., Kiehl, C., Hsu, T.-W., Regal, C. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: College Park American Physical Society 29.03.2019
• Subjects: Algorithms; Assembling; Assembly; Atomic collisions; Atomic properties; Efficiency; Fluorescence; Laser applications; Laser arrays; Laser cooling; Molasses; Neutral atoms; Quantum computing; Quantum theory; Qubits (quantum computing); Simulation; Stability; Syrups & sweeteners

To isolate individual neutral atoms in microtraps, experimenters have long harnessed molecular photoassociation to make atom distributions sub-Poissonian. While a variety of approaches have used a combination of attractive (red-detuned) and repulsive (blue-detuned) molecular states, to date all expe...