Dual-species alkali and alkaline-earth-like optical tweezer arrays via interferometrically aligned high-NA objectives

Abstract:We have developed a dual-species optical tweezer array apparatus combining $^{87}\text{Rb}$ and $^{174}\text{Yb}$ atoms with a permanent hybrid Twyman-Green--Fizeau interferometer, which provides precision co-alignment of two opposing 0.6-numerical aperture (NA) objectives and the high NA beams that pass through the system. This technique is extensible to other tweezer platforms operating at high numerical aperture across widely-separated wavelengths. Here we present simultaneous trapping and single-site resolved imaging of both species in co-aligned tweezer arrays with $^{87}\text{Rb}$ confined at $840\ \rm{nm}$ and $^{174}\text{Yb}$ at $532\ \rm{nm}$. The platform provides a foundation for hybrid quantum register operation, including mid-circuit measurements and asymmetric intra- and inter-species interactions, greatly expanding the capabilities of neutral atom arrays.

Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

arXiv:2608.13646 [physics.atom-ph]

(or arXiv:2608.13646v1 [physics.atom-ph] for this version)

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