State-Insensitive Trapping of Alkaline-Earth Atoms in a Nanofiber-Based Optical Dipole Trap

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.04004v2
• Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 19:28:55 GMT
• Title: State-Insensitive Trapping of Alkaline-Earth Atoms in a Nanofiber-Based Optical Dipole Trap
• Authors: K. Ton, G. Kestler, D. Filin, C. Cheung, P. Schneeweiss, T. Hoinkes, J. Volz, M. S. Safronova, A. Rauschenbeutel, and J. T. Barreiro
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate a state-insensitive optical dipole trap for strontium-88, an alkaline-earth atom, using the evanescent fields of a nanotapered optical fiber. This work also lays the foundation for developing versatile and robust matter-wave atomtronic circuits over nanophotonic waveguides.
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• Abstract: Neutral atoms trapped in the evanescent optical potentials of nanotapered optical fibers are a promising platform for developing quantum technologies and exploring fundamental science, such as quantum networks and quantum electrodynamics. Building on the successful advancements with trapped alkali atoms, here we demonstrate a state-insensitive optical dipole trap for strontium-88, an alkaline-earth atom, using the evanescent fields of a nanotapered optical fiber. Leveraging the low laser-cooling temperatures of $\sim\!\!1~\mu$K readily achievable with strontium, we demonstrate trapping in record low trap depths corresponding to $\sim\!\!3~\mu$K. Further, employing a double magic wavelength trapping scheme, we realize state-insensitive trapping on the kilohertz-wide $5s^{2}\;^{1}\!S_{0}-5s5p\;^{3}\!P_{1,|m|=1}$ cooling transition, which we verify by performing near-surface high-resolution spectroscopy of the atomic transition. This allows us to experimentally find and verify the state insensitivity of the trap nearby a theoretically predicted magic wavelength of 435.827(25) nm. Given the non-magnetic ground state and low collisional scattering length of strontium-88, this work also lays the foundation for developing versatile and robust matter-wave atomtronic circuits over nanophotonic waveguides.

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