Demonstration of a MOT in a Sub-Millimeter Membrane Hole
arXiv:2011.06692 · doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87927-z
Abstract
We demonstrate the generation of a cold-atom ensemble within a sub-millimeter diameter hole in a transparent membrane, a so-called "membrane MOT". With a sub-Doppler cooling process, the atoms trapped by the membrane MOT are cooled down to 10 uK. The atom number inside the unbridged/bridged membrane hole is about 10^4 to 10^5, and the 1/e^2-diameter of the MOT cloud is about 180 um for a 400 um-diameter membrane hole. Such a membrane device can, in principle, efficiently load cold atoms into the evanescent-field optical trap generated by the suspended membrane waveguide for strong atom-light interaction and provide the capability of sufficient heat dissipation at the waveguide. This represents a key step toward the photonic atom trap integrated platform (ATIP).
arXiv comment11 pages, 5 figures
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