Clocked atom delivery to a photonic crystal waveguide

Burgers, Alexander P.; Peng, Lucas S.; Muniz, Juan A.; McClung, Andrew C.; Martin, Michael Joseph; Kimble, Harry J.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1817249115

Clocked atom delivery to a photonic crystal waveguide

Journal Article · Tue Dec 25 23:00:00 EST 2018 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817249115· OSTI ID:1494467

Burgers, Alexander P. ^[1]; Peng, Lucas S. ^[1]; Muniz, Juan A. ^[2]; McClung, Andrew C. ^[3]; ^[4]; Kimble, Harry J. ^[1]

California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Norman Bridge Lab. of Physics
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Norman Bridge Lab. of Physics; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). JILA
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Norman Bridge Lab. of Physics; Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Norman Bridge Lab. of Physics; Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Experiments and numerical simulations are described that develop quantitative understanding of atomic motion near the surfaces of nanoscopic photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs). Ultracold atoms are delivered from a moving optical lattice into the PCW. Synchronous with the moving lattice, transmission spectra for a guided-mode probe field are recorded as functions of lattice transport time and frequency detuning of the probe beam. By way of measurements such as these, we have been able to validate quantitatively our numerical simulations, which are based upon detailed understanding of atomic trajectories that pass around and through nanoscopic regions of the PCW under the influence of optical and surface forces. The resolution for mapping atomic motion is roughly 50 nm in space and 100 ns in time. By introducing auxiliary guided-mode (GM) fields that provide spatially varying AC Stark shifts, we have, to some degree, begun to control atomic trajectories, such as to enhance the flux into the central vacuum gap of the PCW at predetermined times and with known AC Stark shifts. In conclusion, applications of these capabilities include enabling high fractional filling of optical trap sites within PCWs, calibration of optical fields within PCWs, and utilization of the time-dependent, optically dense atomic medium for novel nonlinear optical experiments.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1494467

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-29096

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 116; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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