We have formulated and experimentally demonstrated an improved algorithm for design of
arbitrary two-dimensional holographic traps for ultracold atoms. Our method builds on the …

We present a laser beam shaping method using acousto-optic deflection of light and discuss
its application to dipole trapping of ultracold atoms. By driving the acousto-optic deflector …

In recent years, light-induced atomic desorption (LIAD) of alkali atoms from the inner surface
of a vacuum chamber has been employed in cold atom experiments for the purpose of …

Off-resonant optical imaging is a popular method for continuous monitoring of a Bose–
Einstein condensate. However, the disturbance caused by scattered photons places a …

Direct minimisation of a cost function can in principle provide a versatile and highly
controllable route to computational hologram generation. Here we show that the careful …

Analytically solvable models are benchmarks in studies of phase transitions and pattern-
forming bifurcations. Such models are known for phase transitions of the second kind in …

We show that a phase-only spatial light modulator can be used to generate non-trivial light
distributions suitable for trapping ultracold atoms, when the hologram calculation is included …

By performing a slow adiabatic change between two traps of a quantum particle, it is
possible to transform an eigenstate of the original trap into the corresponding eigenstate of …

We propose and analyze an extended Fourier pseudospectral (eFP) method for the spatial
discretization of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) with low regularity potential by treating …

We demonstrate a method to independently and arbitrarily tailor the spatial profile of light of
multiple wavelengths and we show possible applications to ultracold atoms experiments. A …