Light-induced magnetic trapping for cold alkali atoms using a combined
optical tweezers and nanofibre platform
Light-induced magnetic trapping for cold alkali atoms using a combined
optical tweezers and nanofibre platform
We present a magnetic trapping method for cold $^{87}$Rb atoms, utilising the light-induced magnetic fields from the evanescent field of an optical nanofibre (ONF) in conjunction with an optical tweezers. We calculate and plot the trapping potentials for both Gaussian and Laguerre-Gaussian modes of the optical tweezers, and quasi-linear polarisation …