Electromagnetically induced walking

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.04813v6
• Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:34:51 GMT
• Title: Electromagnetically induced walking
• Authors: Wenxi Lai
• Abstract summary: We show coherent periodic motion of single atoms in position space removing the Doppler broadening with strong coupling between the atom and a traveling light. These results may have potential applications for the construction of atomtronic circuits.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In atomic devices, optical control and detection of neutral atoms involves Doppler broadening due to the momentum uncertainty in atom wave packets. Here, we show coherent periodic motion of single atoms in position space removing the Doppler broadening with strong coupling between the atom and a traveling light. Under the monochromatic traveling light, neutral atoms could be affected by attractive or repulsive forces depending on their internal state, which is analogous to the electric force acting on negatively or positively charged particles. These results may have potential applications for the construction of atomtronic circuits.

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