@phdthesis{12784,
  author = {Mark Brown},
  title = {Light-Assisted Collisions and Quantum State Tomography of Single-Atom Motion in Optical Tweezers},
  abstract = {<p>This thesis presents experiments with single 87Rb atoms trapped in arrays of tightly confining optical tweezers. Optical tweezer arrays are a pioneering new platform for studying ultracold atomic physics and quantum computation. I begin by presenting our recent work in the preparation of large atom arrays and the quantum motional control of single atoms. Then, I present a new optical tweezer loading technique and our studies of the processes by which single atoms can be loaded near-deterministically into the microtraps. These processes depend sensitively on the long-range molecular physics of pairs of atoms, so I additionally discuss our theoretical calculations of the molecular potential landscapes relevant for such collisions. Finally, I present our all-mechanical time-of-flight-based quantum tomography of atoms in carefully prepared excited motional states of the optical tweezers.</p>
},
  year = {2022},
  journal = {Department of Physics},
  volume = {PhD},
  pages = {201},
  month = {2022-01},
  publisher = {University of Colorado Boulder},
  address = {Boulder, CO},
}