2 papers
physics.atom-ph2010
Loading characteristics of a microscopic optical dipole trap
P. Kulatunga, T. Blum, D. Olek
We report on an investigation of loading characteristics of deep microscopic dipole traps. The dipole trap is loaded from a low density magneto optical trap (MOT) containing $\appr…
quant-ph2005
Fast Ground State Manipulation of Neutral Atoms in Microscopic Optical Traps
D. D. Yavuz, P. B. Kulatunga, E. Urban +5
We demonstrate Rabi flopping at MHz rates between ground hyperfine states of neutral Rb atoms that are trapped in two micron sized optical traps. Using tightly focused laser…