Nondestructive light-shift measurements of single atoms in optical dipole traps

作者:Shih Chung Yu*; Chapman Michael S
来源:Physical Review A, 2013, 87(6): 063408.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063408

摘要

We measure the ac Stark shifts of the S-5(1/2), F = 2 -> 5P(3/2), F' = 3 transitions of individual optically trapped Rb-87 atoms using a nondestructive detection technique that allows us to measure the fluorescent signal of one and the same atom for over 60 s. These measurements allow the efficient and rapid characterization of single-atom traps that is required for many coherent quantum information protocols. Although this method is demonstrated using a single-atom trap, the concept is readily extended to resolvable atomic arrays.

  • 出版日期2013-6-10

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