Abstract
Magnetic resonance in an ensemble of laser-cooled trapped Rb atoms is excited using a microcantilever with a magnetic tip. The cantilever is mounted on a multilayer chip designed to capture, cool, and magnetically transport cold atoms. The coupling is observed by measuring the loss from a magnetic trap as the oscillating cantilever induces Zeeman-state transitions in the atoms. Interfacing cold atoms with mechanical devices could enable probing and manipulating atomic spins with nanometer spatial resolution and single-spin sensitivity, leading to new capabilities in quantum computation, quantum simulation, and precision sensing.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 063835 |
Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 26 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics