Overview of the experimental sequences

In the vacuum chamber, Cooling → single-atom optical tweezer → Rydberg-excitation beam → measurement

Vacuum chamber

Magneto-optical trap (MOT)

Single-atom optical tweezer

Microscope

Point spread function engineering

Tools: Laser

External cavity diode laser (ECDL)

Tools: Optics

Acousto-optic modulator (AOM)

Electro-optic modulator (EOM)

Spatial light modulator (SLM)

Polarization of the light

Atom

Alkali

Alkaline-earth

Rubidium 87 ($\rm{Rb}^{87}$)