학술논문

Optical control of the density and spin spatial profiles of a planar Bose gas
Document Type
Working Paper
Source
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 54 08LT01 (2021)
Subject
Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases
Physics - Atomic Physics
Language
Abstract
We demonstrate the arbitrary control of the density profile of a two-dimensional Bose gas by shaping the optical potential applied to the atoms. We use a digital micromirror device (DMD) directly imaged onto the atomic cloud through a high resolution imaging system. Our approach relies on averaging the response of many pixels of the DMD over the diffraction spot of the imaging system, which allows us to create an optical potential with arbitrary grey levels and with micron-scale resolution. The obtained density distribution is optimized with a feedback loop based on the measured absorption images of the cloud. Using the same device, we also engineer arbitrary spin distributions thanks to a two-photon Raman transfer between internal ground states.