Systematic design of a robust half-W1 photonic crystal waveguide for interfacing slow light and trapped cold atoms

A Bouscal, M Kemiche, S Mahapatra… - New Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Novel platforms interfacing trapped cold atoms and guided light in nanoscale waveguides
are a promising route to achieve a regime of strong coupling between light and atoms in …

Perspectives for III-Nitride photonic platforms

P Boucaud, N Bhat, M Gromovyi, M El Kurdi… - Nano …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The development of photonic platforms for the visible or ultra-violet spectral range
represents a major challenge. In this article, we present an overview of the technological …

Unidirectional propagation of single photons realized by a scatterer coupled to whispering-gallery-mode microresonators

CH Yan, M Li, XB Xu, YL Zhang, XY Ma, CL Zou - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Coherently manipulating single photons in nanophotonic structures with unidirectional
propagation is one of the central goals for integrated quantum information processing …

Multifunctional metalens for trapping and characterizing single atoms

GJ Chen, D Zhao, ZB Wang, Z Li… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Precise control and manipulation of neutral atoms are essential for quantum technologies
but largely dependent on conventional bulky optical setups. Here, a multifunctional metalens …

Concept of a miniature dipole trap system based on a simple-architecture grating chip

Y Zhu, S Wei, J Duan, M Yao, C Wu… - Journal of the Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This research presents the theoretical demonstration of a grating chip that can facilitate a
miniature dipole trap system for rubidium atoms. The innovative chip design is expected to …

Transporting cold atoms towards a GaN-on-sapphire chip via an optical conveyor belt

L Xu, LX Wang, GJ Chen, L Chen, YH Yang… - Chinese Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Trapped atoms on photonic structures inspire many novel quantum devices for quantum
information processing and quantum sensing. Here, we demonstrate a hybrid photonic-atom …

Proposal for atom traps with low power by surface plasmon polaritons on the short waveguide

A Liu, Z Kang, T Wang, P Zhang, X Ren, CL Zou… - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
In this study, a viable platform for atom traps using a dielectric-loaded surface-plasmon-
polariton waveguide is proposed. A trap depth of 0.239 mK can be achieved above a SiO 2 …

Perfect chirality constructed by position-dependent backscattering in a whispering gallery mode microresonator

XY Ma, M Li, YL Zhang, XB Xu, L Tang… - New Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Unidirectional propagation of photons originated from perfect chirality meets the critical
requirement for building a high-performance quantum network. However, it not only requires …

Single-photon switches, beam splitters, and circulators based on the photonic Aharonov-Bohm effect

Y Hu, WZ Jia, CH Yan - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon devices such as switches, beam splitters, and circulators are fundamental
components to construct photonic integrated quantum networks. In this paper, two V-type …

Proposal of a free-space-to-chip pipeline for transporting single atoms

A Liu, J Liu, Z Kang, GJ Chen, XB Xu, X Ren, GC Guo… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
A free-space-to-chip pipeline is proposed for the efficient transportation of single atoms from
a magneto-optical trap to an on-chip evanescent-field trap. Due to the reflection of the dipole …