Comparative simulations of Fresnel holography methods for atomic waveguides

Henderson, V A and Griffin, P F and Riis, E and Arnold, A S (2016) Comparative simulations of Fresnel holography methods for atomic waveguides. New Journal of Physics, 18. 025007. ISSN 1367-2630 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/2/025007)

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Abstract

We have simulated the optical properties of micro-fabricated Fresnel zone plates (FZPs) as an alternative to spatial light modulators (SLMs) for producing non-trivial light potentials to trap atoms within a lensless Fresnel arrangement. We show that binary (1-bit) FZPs with wavelength (1μm) spatial resolution consistently outperform kinoforms of spatial and phase resolution comparable to commercial SLMs in root mean square error comparisons, with FZP kinoforms demonstrating increasing improvement for complex target intensity distributions. Moreover, as sub-wavelength resolution microfabrication is possible, FZPs provide an exciting possibility for the creation of static cold-atom trapping potentials useful to atomtronics, interferometry, and the study of fundamental physics.

ORCID iDs

Henderson, V A ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9233-589X, Griffin, P F ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-7554, Riis, E ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3225-5302 and Arnold, A S ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7084-6958;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:55474
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    5 February 2016
    Published
    19 January 2016
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:04 Feb 2016 16:31
    Last modified:16 Nov 2024 01:09
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55474
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