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Atom Chip Technology (ACT)
A New Program to Focus a New Quantum
Technology for Emerging National Needs
Please See
Nick Bigelow
With Questions
CQI
Atom Chip Technology (ACT)
A New Program to Focus a New Quantum
Technology for Emerging National Needs
CQI
Approach
–ACT will extend the concepts used in the
production of integrated electronic circuits to
realize integrated atomic chip devices offering the
capabilities to manipulate both atoms and light
using a micro-chip based technology known as the
atom chip; a self-contained, chip-based laboratory
Relevance and Objective
Advancements in quantum optics and atomic
physics have provided powerful new strategies for
implementing sensitive devices useful for quantum
information technologies. Development to a state
compatible with field-ready specifications is
required and is realistic to expect. The objective of
ACT is to provide the Nation with an advanced
quantum/atom optical toolbox implement-able
within a rugged, portable environment.
Present State
– Preliminary atom chip devices have already
been demonstrated in several European
laboratories, but only to a limited extent in the
US. There is a need for the US to ensure
capability in this emergent area.
Needed Laser Technology
is Already Robust and is
Ready for ACT Integration
CQI
Key to ACT are high performance solid-state
lasers
–atoms manipulated on the atom chip must be
laser cooled to low enough energies that quantum
behavior is accessed and to low enough energies
that control fields on the chip can be effective
Current State of Technology
–ACT laser used in laboratory based work are already
compact rugged devices based on semiconductor (diode)
lasers similar to those used in portable CD players, laser
pointers etc.
– These systems are compact, self-contained and can be
battery powered (see photo).
– Such laser systems are already field ready and have
passed NASA shake table tests for deployment aboard the
Shuttle, in satellites and the on International Space
Station.
ACT Approach
– Next generation ACT devices will have the diode
laser systems integrated in the atom chip making
the ACT based systems portable and increasingly
rugged.
Vacuum Systems Needed for ACT are
Already Compact
Atoms in ACT devices mandate that atom chips
operate in vacuum conditions
–atoms manipulated on the atom chip must be
protected from collisions with off chip atoms.
This is achieved by operating the ACT device in a
vacuum.
Current State of Technology
–Laser cooled atom traps have already been operated by
numerous groups in simple stainless steel vacuum
“crosses” such as shown above.
– Similar hardware is regularly used in space flight and
remote sensing systems.
–Pre-pumped vacuum chambers can be maintained using
only ion pumps run from lightweight batteries.
ACT Approach
– Next generation ACT systems will include self
contained units similar in construction and
reliability to electronic vacuum tubes and CRTs.
High Temperature Superconductors
Will Take Atom Chip Technology
to New Performance Levels While
Remaining Portable and Field Ready
Use of superconducting wires will dramatically
enhance ACT performance
–Replacing conventional metal-film wires with
superconducting wires in ACT will allow stronger
control fields to be used and simultaneously will
reduce on-chip power dissipation (a significant
problem in state-of-the-art microprocessors)
Current State of Technology
–Suitable high temperature superconductors are readily
available that do not require cumbersome and fragile
liquid helium cooling systems
–Compact, portable cryostats are readily available
offering long cold times and rugged construction
– NASA shake-table tests cryostats have been developed
and are used in space and in ocean going sea-ship
detection buoys
ACT Approach
– Next generation ACT devices will be developed
using superconducting component.
– The strong confinement and control fields will
allow access to quantum mechanical motional
states sought for quantum information
applications
– Superconducting “ground planes” will virtually
eliminate environmental quantum decoherence,
estimates show
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.
First Rochester Atom Chips Are
Already Being Constructed Using 3-d
Wire-bond Fabrication Technique:
The Atom Raster & The Atom Funnel
Identified Need: The Atom Raster
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms to sites of choice on the
chip.
Functional Concept
–By selectively sending current through different wires,
the micro-clouds can be translated to the position of
choice, a few tens of microns over the wire raster grid.
Atom Funnel to
Surface
Atom Cloud
from Trap
I
I
Identified Need: The Atom Funnel
–Useful Atom Chip devices will require techniques for
delivering micro-clouds of atoms from a three
dimensional cloud onto the atom chip or into the atom
raster.
Functional Concept
–By distorting the magnetic field used to create the atom
cloud hovering above the chip, a small neck in the trap
tens of microns in diameter can be funneled down to the
atom chip surface.