Continuous imaging of a single neutral atom in a variant magneto-optical trap

Tian Xia; Shu Yu Zhou; Peng Chen; Lin Li; Tao Hong; Yu Zhu Wang

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/27/2/023701

Continuous imaging of a single neutral atom in a variant magneto-optical trap

Tian Xia
, Shu Yu Zhou
, Peng Chen
, Lin Li
, Tao Hong
, Yu Zhu Wang

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We demonstrate continuous imaging of a single ⁸⁷Rb atom confined in a steep magneto-optical trap with an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) camera and realize a one-dimensional micro-optical trap array with a Dammann grating. We adopt several methods to reduce the noise in the fluorescence signal we obtain with the EMCCD. Step jumping characteristics of the fluorescence demonstrate capturing and losing of individual atoms.

Original language	English
Article number	023701
Journal	Chinese Physics Letters
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0256-307X/27/2/023701
State	Published - 1 Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

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