• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 5, Issue 5, 436 (2017)
Zhao Chen1, Fan Zhang1, Qi Zhang1, Juanjuan Ren1, He Hao1, Xueke Duan1, Pengfei Zhang2、3, Tiancai Zhang2、3, Ying Gu1、2、*, and Qihuang Gong1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.5.000436 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Zhao Chen, Fan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Juanjuan Ren, He Hao, Xueke Duan, Pengfei Zhang, Tiancai Zhang, Ying Gu, Qihuang Gong. Blue-detuned optical atom trapping in a compact plasmonic structure[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(5): 436 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We theoretically propose blue-detuned optical trapping for neutral atoms via strong near-field interfacing in a plasmonic nanohole array. The optical field at resonance forms a nanoscale-trap potential with an FWHM of 200 nm and about ~370 nm away from the nanohole; thus, a stable 3D atom trapping independent of the surface potential is demonstrated. The effective trap depth is more than 1 mK when the optical power of trapping light is only about 0.5 mW, while the atom scattering rate is merely about 3.31 s?1, and the trap lifetime is about 800 s. This compact plasmonic structure provides high uniformity of trap depths and a two-layer array of atom nanotraps, which should have important applications in the manipulation of cold atoms and collective resonance fluorescence.
    Utot=Uopt+UCP,(1)

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    Uopt=14α|E|2.(2)

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    α=6πϵ0c3k,miAki(2Jk+1)ωik2(ωik2ω2)(Ji1JkmiPm).(3)

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    UCP=K4·[d3(d+l)]1,(4)

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    Γsc=ΓΔUtot.(5)

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    Γsc=(Γ1/23Δ1/2+2Γ3/23Δ3/2)Utot,(6)

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    τc=Ueff2ErΓsc,(7)

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    Zhao Chen, Fan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Juanjuan Ren, He Hao, Xueke Duan, Pengfei Zhang, Tiancai Zhang, Ying Gu, Qihuang Gong. Blue-detuned optical atom trapping in a compact plasmonic structure[J]. Photonics Research, 2017, 5(5): 436
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