Advances in Atomic Optical Tweezers Arrays

Presentations

• Arrays of dark and bright traps for neutral atoms generated by silicon-on-sapphire metasurfaces

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – June 3, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.01038

  Presenters

  • Chengyu Fang

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Chengyu Fang

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Minjeong Kim

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Hongyan Mei

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Xuting Yang

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Zhaoning Yu

  • Yuzhe Xiao

  • Sanket Deshpande

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Preston Huft

  • Alan Dibos

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • David Czaplewski

  • Mark Saffman

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Jennifer Choy

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Mikhail Kats

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• Direct Generation of an Array with 78400 Optical Tweezers Using a Single Metasurface

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 2:12 PM – June 3, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Publication: Yuqing Wang, Yuxuan Liao, Tao Zhang, Ye Tian, Yujia Wu, Wenjun Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yidong Huang, Hui Zhai, Wenlan Chen, Xue Feng, Zhongchi Zhang. Direct Generation of an Array with 78400 Optical Tweezers Using a Single Metasurface[J]. Chin. Phys. Lett.. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/43/1/010606

  Presenters

  • Yujia Wu

    • Tsinghua

  Authors

  • Yuqing Wang

    • Tsinghua University

  • Yuxuan Liao

  • Tao Zhang

    • Tsinghua University

  • Ye Tian

    • tsinghua university

  • Yujia Wu

    • Tsinghua

  • Wenjun Zhang

    • Tsinghua University

  • Wei Zhang

  • Yidong Huang

  • Hui Zhai

    • Tsinghua University

  • Wenlan Chen

    • Tsinghua University

  • Xue Feng

  • Zhongchi Zhang

    • Tsinghua University

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• High-speed transport of large optical tweezer arrays over 200mm

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 2:24 PM – June 3, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Hemanth Srinivasan

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Hemanth Srinivasan

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Evangeline Wolanski

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Wenhan Hua

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Jacob Covey

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Investigation of Vector Polarizability in Far-Detuned Light for Trapping Alkali Rydberg Atoms

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 2:36 PM – June 3, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Youngshin Kim

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Youngshin Kim

    • Harvard University

  • Gabriel Patenotte

    • Harvard University

  • Samuel Gebretsadkan

  • Kang-Kuen Ni

    • Harvard University

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• Magic-wavelength trapping of alkali-metal Rydberg atoms: The role of landscape polarization modulation

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 2:48 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Publication: Magic-wavelength trapping of alkali-metal Rydberg atoms: The role of landscape polarization modulation

  Presenters

  • Andrea Londono

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Andrea Londono

    • University of Michigan

  • Carola Jansohn

    • University of Michigan- Ann Arbor

  • Alexander Kuzmich

    • University of Michigan

  • Yin Li

    • University of Michigan

  • Huy Nguyen

    • University of Michigan

  • Paul Berman

    • University of Michigan

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• Towards a Tweezer-Based Platform with Metastable Helium-3

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:12 PM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06763
  arXiv:2601.06763 [quant-ph]

  Presenters

  • RUPSA DE

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • RUPSA DE

    • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  • Zheyuan Li

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Zoe Yan

    • University of Chicago

  • Jacob Covey

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Progress toward a dual-species Ytterbium quantum processor: From narrow-line cooling to bichromatic triple-magic trapping

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 3:12 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:24 PM

  Presenters

  • eunsik yoon

    • Korea University

  Authors

  • eunsik yoon

    • Korea University

  • MinHyuk Kim

    • Korea University

  • Tai Hyun Yoon

    • Korea Research Inst of Standards and Science (KRISS)

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• Optical Tweezers Without the Price Tag: HeNe Trapping on an Open-Source Microscope

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 3:24 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:36 PM

  Publication: We are in the process of preparing a paper on this technology.

  Presenters

  • Emily Grace

    • Ransom Everglades School

  Authors

  • Emily Grace

    • Ransom Everglades School

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• Collision-Induced Internal-Motional Entanglement in Two Flying Atoms

  Oral

  June 3, 2026, 3:36 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:48 PM

  Publication: None

  Presenters

  • Sunhwa Hwang

    • KAIST

  Authors

  • Sunhwa Hwang

    • KAIST

  • Hansub Hwang

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Kangheun Kim

    • Caltech

  • Jaewook Ahn

    • Korea Adv Inst of Sci & Tech

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