# Direct Observation and Analysis of Spin Dependent Transport of Single Atoms in a 1D Optical Lattice

@article{Karski2011DirectOA,
title={Direct Observation and Analysis of Spin Dependent Transport of Single Atoms in a 1D Optical Lattice},
author={M. Karski and L. Forster and J. Choi and A. Alberti and W. Alt and A. Widera and D. Meschede},
journal={Journal of the Korean Physical Society},
year={2011},
volume={59},
pages={2947-2952}
}
• M. Karski, +4 authors D. Meschede
• Published 2011
• Physics
• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
• We have directly observed spin-dependent transport of single cesium atoms in a 1D optical lattice. A superposition of two circularly polarized standing waves is generated from two counter propagating, linearly polarized laser beams. Rotation of one of the polarizations by $\pi$ causes displacement of the $\sigma^{+}$- and $\sigma^{-}$-lattices by one lattice site. Unidirectional transport over several lattice sites is achieved by rotating the polarization back and forth and flipping the spin… CONTINUE READING