Resonant interaction of trapped cold atoms with a magnetic cantilever tip

Cris Montoya, Jose Valencia, Andrew A. Geraci, Matthew Eardley, John Moreland, Leo Hollberg, John Kitching

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Article number063835
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume91
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 26 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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