Single atom in a superoscillatory optical trap

• Main Authors: Rivy, Hamim Mahmud, Aljunid, Syed Abdullah, Lassalle, Emmanuel, Zheludev, Nikolay I., Wilkowski, David
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Diffraction Limited; Transverse Sizes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/170935
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Optical tweezers have become essential tools to manipulate atoms or molecules at a single particle level. However, using standard diffraction-limited optical systems, the transverse size of the trap is lower bounded by the optical wavelength, limiting the application range of optical tweezers. Here...