3 papers
quant-ph2006
Optical Nanofibers for Manipulating and Probing Single-Atom Fluorescence
K. P. Nayak, P. N. Melentiev, M. Morinaga +3
We demonstrate how optical nanofibers can be used to manipulate and probe single-atom fluorescence. We show that fluorescence photons from a very small number of atoms, average ato…
cond-mat.other2005
Circular magneto-optical trap for neutral atoms
Makoto Morinaga
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel scheme to magneto-optically trap neutral atoms in a ring shaped trap that can be used to transfer atoms into a circular magnetic t…
physics.optics2004
Atom trapping and guiding with a subwavelength-diameter optical fiber
V. I. Balykin, K. Hakuta, Fam Le Kien +2
We suggest using an evanescent wave around a thin fiber to trap atoms. We show that the gradient force of a red-detuned evanescent-wave field in the fundamental mode of a silica fi…