Trapping a single atom in a blue detuned optical bottle beam trap

Opt Lett. 2010 Jul 1;35(13):2164-6. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.002164.

Abstract

We demonstrate trapping a single rubidium atom in a blue detuned optical bottle beam trap. The trap was formed by a strongly focused blue detuned laser beam, which passes through a computer-generated circular pi phase hologram displayed on a spatial light modulator. Single atoms were loaded from a magneto-optical trap and stored in the optical trap for several seconds.