Breakthrough in Cold Atom Technology with Photonic-Integrated MOT on a Chip, Advancing Portable Quantum Applications
Cold atoms play a crucial role in advancing quantum technologies for precision timing, navigation, and sensing applications. A UC Santa Barbara team led by Daniel Blumenthal achieved a significant milestone by demonstrating a photonic-integrated MOT (PICMOT) using a photonic chip to deliver laser cooling beams with Infleqtion’s miniMOT.