Chin. Phys. Lett.  2010, Vol. 27 Issue (2): 023701    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/27/2/023701
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS |
Continuous Imaging of a Single Neutral Atom in a Variant Magneto-Optical Trap\hyperlinks*
XIA Tian, ZHOU Shu-Yu, CHEN Peng, LI Lin, HONG Tao, WANG Yu-Zhu
Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Center for Cold Atom Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
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XIA Tian, ZHOU Shu-Yu, CHEN Peng et al  2010 Chin. Phys. Lett. 27 023701
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Abstract We demonstrate continuous imaging of a single 87Rb atom confined in a steep magneto-optical trap with an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) camera and realize a one-dimensional micro-optical trap array with a Dammann grating. We adopt several methods to reduce the noise in the fluorescence signal we obtain with the EMCCD. Step jumping characteristics of the fluorescence demonstrate capturing and losing of individual atoms.
Keywords: 37.10.Gh      37.10.Jk      42.40.Eq     
Received: 25 September 2009      Published: 08 February 2010
PACS:  37.10.Gh (Atom traps and guides)  
  37.10.Jk (Atoms in optical lattices)  
  42.40.Eq (Holographic optical elements; holographic gratings)  
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