



@article {2216,
	title = {Coherent optical nano-tweezers for ultra-cold atoms},
	year = {2018},
	abstract = {<p>There has been a recent surge of interest and progress in creating subwavelength free-space optical potentials for ultra-cold atoms. A key open question is whether geometric potentials, which are repulsive and ubiquitous in the creation of subwavelength free-space potentials, forbid the creation of narrow traps with long lifetimes. Here, we show that it is possible to create such traps. We propose two schemes for realizing subwavelength traps and demonstrate their superiority over existing proposals. We analyze the lifetime of atoms in such traps and show that long-lived bound states are possible. This work opens a new frontier for the subwavelength control and manipulation of ultracold matter, with applications in quantum chemistry and quantum simulation.</p>},
	url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.02487},
	author = {P. Bienias and S. Subhankar and Y. Wang and T-C Tsui and F. Jendrzejewski and T. Tiecke and G. Juzeliunas and L. Jiang and S. L. Rolston and J. V. Porto and Alexey V. Gorshkov}
}
@article {1503,
	title = {Nanoplasmonic Lattices for Ultracold atoms},
	journal = {Physical Review Letters},
	volume = {109},
	year = {2012},
	month = {2012/12/6},
	abstract = {  We propose to use sub-wavelength confinement of light associated with the
near field of plasmonic systems to create nanoscale optical lattices for
ultracold atoms. Our approach combines the unique coherence properties of
isolated atoms with the sub-wavelength manipulation and strong light-matter
interaction associated with nano-plasmonic systems. It allows one to
considerably increase the energy scales in the realization of Hubbard models
and to engineer effective long-range interactions in coherent and dissipative
many-body dynamics. Realistic imperfections and potential applications are
discussed.
},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.235309},
	url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.6293v3},
	author = {Michael Gullans and T. Tiecke and D. E. Chang and J. Feist and J. D. Thompson and J. I. Cirac and P. Zoller and M. D. Lukin}
}
