A stable phase-locking-free single beam optical lattice with multiple configurations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.01843v1
• Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:52:59 GMT
• Title: A stable phase-locking-free single beam optical lattice with multiple configurations
• Authors: Yirong Wang, Xiaoyu Dai, Xue Zhao, Guangren Sun, Kuiyi Gao, Wei Zhang,
• Abstract summary: We report a phase-locking-free scheme to implement optical lattices by passing a single laser beam through a prism with n-fold facets symmetric and large apex angles.<n>Various lattice configurations, including a triangular lattice and a quasi-crystal lattice with ten-fold symmetry are demonstrated.<n>In both cases, stability measurements show a change of lattice constant in less than 1.14%, and a drift of lattice position in less than 1.61%.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Optical lattices formed by interfering laser beams are widely used to trap and manipulate atoms for quantum simulation, metrology, and computation. To stabilize optical lattices in experiments, it is usually challenging to implement delicate phase-locking systems with complicated optics and electronics to reduce the relative phase fluctuation of multiple laser beams. Here we report a phase-locking-free scheme to implement optical lattices by passing a single laser beam through a prism with n-fold symmetric facets and large apex angles. The scheme ensures a stable optical lattice since the interference occurs among different deflected parts of a single laser beam without any moving component. Various lattice configurations, including a triangular lattice and a quasi-crystal lattice with ten-fold symmetry are demonstrated. In both cases, stability measurements show a change of lattice constant in less than 1.14%, and a drift of lattice position in less than 1.61%.

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