Phys. Rev. A 73, 021401(R) (2006) [4 pages]Generation of microscale current loops, atom rings, and cubic clusters using twisted optical molasses
We propose a scheme for a viable and highly flexible all-optical atomic cooling and trapping using twisted light. In particular, we explain how one-dimensional twisted optical molasses should lead to a microscale atomic ring or a picoampere ionic current. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional molasses lead, respectively, to the creation of atom or ion loops and discrete atom clusters positioned at the eight corners of a microcube. These features at the microscale should find applications in physics and in quantum information processing using optically trapped atoms and ions. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.021401
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.73.021401
PACS:
32.80.Pj, 42.50.Vk
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