Atom guidance using evanescent waves in small hollow optical fibers and its applications

Haruhiko Ito; Keiji Sakaki; Wonho Jhe; Motoichi Ohtsu

doi:10.1117/12.273749

1 May 1997 Atom guidance using evanescent waves in small hollow optical fibers and its applications

Haruhiko Ito, Keiji Sakaki, Wonho Jhe, Motoichi Ohtsu

Proceedings Volume 2995, Atom Optics; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273749
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We report the recent progress of the experiments on guiding atoms by evanescent waves in micron-sized hollow optical fibers. The lateral manipulation accuracy is enhanced up to 1 micron with a large increase of more than 50 times on the guided atom flux. Moreover, the frequency tuning enables the fine control of the guided flux with a numerical accuracy of 10 atom/s. The atom-guidance scheme is applied to in-line isotope separation on rubidium atoms and measurement of the cavity quantum electrodynamic effect in a cylindrical dielectric. In addition, the feasibility of fabricating micron-sized structures with nanometric depth is discussed including the manipulation of a small number of laser-cooled atoms.

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Haruhiko Ito, Keiji Sakaki, Wonho Jhe, and Motoichi Ohtsu "Atom guidance using evanescent waves in small hollow optical fibers and its applications", Proc. SPIE 2995, Atom Optics, (1 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.273749

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