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    • Quantum optics
    • Atomic physics
    • Cavity quantum electrodynamics

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    • Achieving strong and uniform coupling between cold atoms and optical cavity photons is crucial for quantum information processing and simulation.
    • Existing interfaces often struggle with optimizing the spatial overlap between atomic and photonic modes within optical cavities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and optimize a light-matter interface for strong and uniform coupling between a chain of cold atoms and optical cavity photons.
    • To derive the optimal parameters for maximizing the spatial overlap of atomic and photonic standing waves in a fiber Fabry-Perot cavity.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing a fiber Fabry-Perot cavity doubly resonant for atomic transition wavelengths and a red-detuned intracavity trapping lattice.
    • Deriving the optimal trapping wavelength considering Gouy phase in a strong-coupling regime with small mode waists and Rayleigh range.
    • Engineering custom mirrors with specific reflection phase properties for optimized wavelength overlap.

    Main Results:

    • Derived the expression for the optimal trapping wavelength and the optimal relative phase shift at mirror reflection for maximizing mode overlap.
    • Constructed a microcavity optimized based on these derived parameters.
    • Developed a high-precision method to measure the relative phase shift at reflection, quantifying spatial mode overlap.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed light-matter interface enables strong and uniform atom-photon coupling.
    • The optimization strategy and measurement method provide a pathway for designing advanced quantum optical systems.
    • This work advances the capabilities for controlling and utilizing light-matter interactions in quantum technologies.