Parallel assembly of neutral atom arrays with an SLM using linear phase interpolation

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Publication date 10-2025
Journal SciPost Physics
Article number 118
Volume | Issue number 19 | 4
Number of pages 17
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (ITFA)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract

We present fast parallel rearrangement of single atoms in optical tweezers into arbitrary geometries by updating holograms displayed by an ultra fast spatial light modulator. Using linear interpolation of the tweezer position and the optical phase between the start and end arrays, we can calculate and display holograms every few ms, limited by technology. To show the versatility of our method, we sort the same atomic sample into multiple geometries with success probabilities of 0.996(2) per rearrangement cycle. This makes the method a useful tool for rearranging large atom arrays for quantum computation and quantum simulation.

Document type Article
Note With additional material.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.19.4.118
Other links https://github.com/StrontiumGroup/SLMSorting https://doi.org/10.21942/uva.28166483 https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105022654465
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