{"id":3811,"date":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/2015\/02\/24\/optical-nanofibers\/"},"modified":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T00:00:00","slug":"optical-nanofibers","status":"publish","type":"physics_colloquium","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/colloquium\/optical-nanofibers\/","title":{"rendered":"Optical Nanofibers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"page-featured-image\" class=\"wp-block-image is-style-alignleft\" data-pic=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2023\/01\/\" alt=\"Promotional image for talk: Elements of a successful scientific talk\" data-pic=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Speaker(s):<\/strong> Luis A. Orozco<\/p>\n<p>Nanofibers are a versatile platform for applied and fundamental studies. I will\u00a0present our work starting with the production and characterization of the fibers. Then I\u00a0will show that Rayleigh scattering from modes on the nanofiber gives information about\u00a0the diameter with sub-micron resolution. We are using nanofibers for quantum optics\u00a0and quantum information studies. We use the evanescent fields around an optical\u00a0nanofiber (500 nm diameter) with 99.95% transmission to form an atom trap suitable for\u00a0operation in cryogenic environments. We are developing methods to measure: the\u00a0temperature of Rb atoms around the fiber, and the coupling of the Rb atoms into the\u00a0mode of the fiber. Future plans include the study of the dynamics of a one dimensional\u00a0array of atoms under different interaction conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Work done in collaboration with J. A. Groover, P. A. Solano, S. L Rolston, F. K.\u00a0Fatemi and G. Beadie. This work is supported by NSF though the PFC@JQI, the\u00a0Atomtronics MURI, ONR, and DARPA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3811","physics_colloquium","type-physics_colloquium","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium\/3811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/physics_colloquium"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/physics_colloquium"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}