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Optical Trapping of Nanoparticles
Published on: January 15, 2013
J D Thompson1, T G Tiecke, N P de Leon
1Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Researchers created a hybrid quantum device by coupling a single trapped rubidium atom to a nanoscale photonic crystal cavity. This breakthrough enables precise control and strong atom-photon interactions for quantum technologies.
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