par Brandt, Lukas;Muldoon, Cecilia;Thiele, Tobias;Dong, J.;Brainis, Edouard ;Kuhn, Axel
Référence Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 102, 3, page (443-450)
Publication Publié, 2011-03-01
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : We propose a versatile arrangement for the trapping and manipulation of single atoms in optical tweezers formed by the direct image of a spatial light modulator (SLM). The scheme incorporates 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.