- Physical Review Journals
All JournalsPhysics Magazine

Physical Review A

Reuse & Permissions

It is not necessary to obtain permission to reuse this article or its components as it is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI are maintained. Please note that some figures may have been included with permission from other third parties. It is your responsibility to obtain the proper permission from the rights holder directly for these figures.

Export citation

Export citation

Choose format for download:

Download Citation
  • Editors' Suggestion
  • Letter
  • Open Access

Magic-wavelength nanofiber-based two-color dipole trap with sub-λ/2 spacing

Lucas Pache, Martin Cordier, Hector Letellier, Max Schemmer*, Philipp Schneeweiss, Jürgen Volz, and Arno Rauschenbeutel

  • *Present address: Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
PDF

Phys. Rev. A 112, L011701 – Published 7 July, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/89l1-dys4

Abstract

We report on the realization and characterization of a novel magic-wavelength nanofiber-based two-color optical dipole trap for cesium that allows us to generate two diametral periodic one-dimensional arrays of trapping sites with a spacing significantly smaller than half the resonant free-space wavelength of the cesium D2 transition. This is achieved by launching a blue-detuned partial standing wave and two red-detuned light fields through the nanofiber. We trap and optically interface the atoms in the resulting periodic optical potential and characterize the trap by measuring the lifetime of the trapped atoms, the atom-light coupling strength, the filling factor, and the trap frequencies in the radial and axial directions. The implementation of this nanofiber-based optical interface with magic trapping wavelengths and sub-λ/2 spacing is an important step towards the exploration of novel collective radiative effects, such as selective radiance.

View figure in article

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Article Text

References (40)

  1. P. Solano, J. A. Grover, J. E. Hoffman, S. Ravets, F. K. Fatemi, L. A. Orozco, and S. L. Rolston, in Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, edited by E. Arimondo, C. C. Lin, and S. F. Yelin (Academic, New York, 2017), Vol. 66, pp. 439–505.
  2. K. P. Nayak, M. Sadgrove, R. Yalla, F. L. Kien, and K. Hakuta, J. Opt. 20, 073001 (2018).
  3. A. González-Tudela, A. Reiserer, J. J. García-Ripoll, and F. J. García-Vidal, Nat. Rev. Phys. 6, 166 (2024).
  4. W. Li, D. Brown, A. Vylegzhanin, Z. Shahrabifarahani, A. Raj, J. Du, and S. N. Chormaic, J. Phys. Photonics 6, 021002 (2024).
  5. E. Vetsch, D. Reitz, G. Sagué, R. Schmidt, S. T. Dawkins, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 203603 (2010).
  6. A. Goban, K. S. Choi, D. J. Alton, D. Ding, C. Lacroûte, M. Pototschnig, T. Thiele, N. P. Stern, and H. J. Kimble, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 033603 (2012).
  7. S. T. Dawkins, R. Mitsch, D. Reitz, E. Vetsch, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 243601 (2011).
  8. J.-B. Béguin, E.-M. Bookjans, S.-L. Christensen, H.-L. Sørensen, J.-H. Müller, E.-S. Polzik, and J. Appel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 263603 (2014).
  9. C. Sayrin, C. Junge, R. Mitsch, B. Albrecht, D. O'Shea, P. Schneeweiss, J. Volz, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. X 5, 041036 (2015).
  10. S. Pucher, C. Liedl, S. Jin, A. Rauschenbeutel, and P. Schneeweiss, Nat. Photonics 16, 380 (2022).
  11. S. K. Ruddell, K. E. Webb, I. Herrera, A. S. Parkins, and M. D. Hoogerland, Optica 4, 576 (2017).
  12. S. Kato, N. Nemet, K. Senga, S. Mizukami, X. Huang, A. S. Parkins, and T. Aoki, Nat. Commun. 10, 1160 (2019).
  13. C. Sayrin, C. Clausen, B. Albrecht, P. Schneeweiss, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Optica 2, 353 (2015).
  14. B. Gouraud, D. Maxein, A. Nicolas, O. Morin, and J. Laurat, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 180503 (2015).
  15. N. V. Corzo, J. Raskop, A. Chandra, A. S. Sheremet, B. Gouraud, and J. Laurat, Nature (London) 566, 359 (2019).
  16. N. V. Corzo, B. Gouraud, A. Chandra, A. Goban, A. S. Sheremet, D. V. Kupriyanov, and J. Laurat, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 133603 (2016).
  17. H.-L. Sørensen, J.-B. Béguin, K.-W. Kluge, I. Iakoupov, A.-S. Sørensen, J.-H. Müller, E.-S. Polzik, and J. Appel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 133604 (2016).
  18. P. Solano, P. Barberis-Blostein, F. K. Fatemi, L. A. Orozco, and S. L. Rolston, Nat. Commun. 8, 1857 (2017).
  19. R. Pennetta, M. Blaha, A. Johnson, D. Lechner, P. Schneeweiss, J. Volz, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 073601 (2022).
  20. R. Pennetta, D. Lechner, M. Blaha, A. Rauschenbeutel, P. Schneeweiss, and J. Volz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 203601 (2022).
  21. C. Liedl, S. Pucher, F. Tebbenjohanns, P. Schneeweiss, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 163602 (2023).
  22. A. S. Prasad, J. Hinney, S. Mahmoodian, K. Hammerer, S. Rind, P. Schneeweiss, A. S. Sørensen, J. Volz, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Nat. Photonics 14, 719 (2020).
  23. J. Hinney, A. S. Prasad, S. Mahmoodian, K. Hammerer, A. Rauschenbeutel, P. Schneeweiss, J. Volz, and M. Schemmer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 123602 (2021).
  24. M. Cordier, M. Schemmer, P. Schneeweiss, J. Volz, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 183601 (2023).
  25. A. Asenjo-Garcia, M. Moreno-Cardoner, A. Albrecht, H. J. Kimble, and D. E. Chang, Phys. Rev. X 7, 031024 (2017).
  26. J. Ruostekoski and J. Javanainen, Phys. Rev. A 96, 033857 (2017).
  27. A. Asenjo-Garcia, H. J. Kimble, and D. E. Chang, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116, 25503 (2019).
  28. M. Moreno-Cardoner, D. Plankensteiner, L. Ostermann, D. E. Chang, and H. Ritsch, Phys. Rev. A 100, 023806 (2019).
  29. J. A. Needham, I. Lesanovsky, and B. Olmos, New J. Phys. 21, 073061 (2019).
  30. D. F. Kornovan, N. V. Corzo, J. Laurat, and A. S. Sheremet, Phys. Rev. A 100, 063832 (2019).
  31. J. Rui, D. Wei, A. Rubio-Abadal, S. Hollerith, J. Zeiher, D. M. Stamper-Kurn, C. Gross, and I. Bloch, Nature (London) 583, 369 (2020).
  32. F. Le Kien, V. I. Balykin, and K. Hakuta, Phys. Rev. A 70, 063403 (2004).
  33. F. Le Kien, P. Schneeweiss, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Eur. Phys. J. D 67, 92 (2013).
  34. F. L. Kien, J. Q. Liang, K. Hakuta, and V. I. Balykin, Opt. Commun. 242, 445 (2004).
  35. N. Schlosser, G. Reymond, and P. Grangier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 023005 (2002).
  36. E. Vetsch, S. T. Dawkins, R. Mitsch, D. Reitz, P. Schneeweiss, and A. Rauschenbeutel, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 18, 1763 (2012).
  37. T. A. Savard, K. M. O'Hara, and J. E. Thomas, Phys. Rev. A 56, R1095 (1997).
  38. Y. Meng, A. Dareau, P. Schneeweiss, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Phys. Rev. X 8, 031054 (2018).
  39. Y.-F. Hsiao, Y.-J. Lin, and Y.-C. Chen, Phys. Rev. A 98, 033419 (2018).
  40. D. Hümmer and D. Chang (private communication).

Outline

Information

Phys. Rev. A 112, L011701– Published 7 July, 2025
  • Received 2 June 2025
  • Accepted 13 June 2025
Crossmark - Check for updates button
Creative Commons Logo

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

Published by the American Physical Society

Sign In to Your Journals Account

Filter

Filter

Article Lookup

Enter a citation