Single atoms and molecules can be trapped in tightly focused beams of light that form
'optical tweezers', affording exquisite capabilities for the control and detection of individual …

An optical micro/nanofiber (MNF) is a quasi-one-dimensional free-standing optical
waveguide with a diameter close to or less than the vacuum wavelength of light. Combining …

Arrays of neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers have emerged as a leading platform for
quantum information processing and quantum simulation due to their scalability …

We demonstrate trap** of a single Rb 85 atom at a distance of about 200 nm from the
surface of a whispering-gallery-mode bottle microresonator. The atom is trapped in an …

Optical tweezers have been widely used for optical trap** and manipulating particles at
the microscopic scale with a tightly focused laser beam. Over the recent years, optical fiber …

A recent experiment [HS Han, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 073604 (2021) 0031-9007
10.1103/PhysRevLett. 127.073604; see also accompanying online supplemental material] …

When two or more objects move relative to one another in vacuum, they experience a drag
force, which, at zero temperature, usually goes under the name of quantum friction. This …

We study the interaction of emitters with a composite waveguide formed from two parallel
optical nanofibers in regimes of experimental importance for atomic gases or solid-state …

Neutral atoms are among the leading platforms toward realizing fault-tolerant quantum
computation (FTQC). However, scaling up a single neutral-atom device beyond 10 4 atoms …

We demonstrate an efficient optical guiding technique for coupling cold atoms in the near
field of a planar nanophotonic circuit, and realize large atom-photon coupling to a …