Group Seminar via Zoom: Progress towards chip scale cold atom trapping and remote entanglement
Jin Zhang, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
Group meeting via video conference, (Zoom)
Thursday, March 10th, 16:00 pm (MEZ)
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still holding our group seminars and journal clubs via video conference. This procedure enables us to continue our research, enhance discussions and exchange important information.
Abstract:
Laser cooled atoms are important tools for quantum computing, simulation, and communication. However, trapping and manipulating cold atoms requires many optical components which often occupy a large space on the optical table. Have you ever thinking about getting a setup that can plug and run? In this talk, I will present my current progress on getting a dual species magneto-optical trap using chip scale diffraction grating, for both rubidium and cesium atoms. The grating simplifies the optical setup as it requires only a single laser beam compared to a conventional MOT with six beams. I will also show our effort towards entangling two quantum processors with on-chip optics. I discuss and compare different approaches using optical cavities and high NA lenses or mirrors, and how we can boost up the entanglement rate.
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