Single Atom Imaging with an sCMOS camera

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates high-fidelity single atom imaging using an sCMOS camera, providing a scalable, cost-effective alternative to traditional methods with excellent spatial resolution and low error rates.

Contribution

It introduces the use of sCMOS cameras for single atom imaging, achieving high fidelity and spatial resolution in a scalable, cost-effective manner.

Findings

Successful imaging of two site-addressable single atom traps separated by 10 μm

Achieved error rate below 10^{-6} in atom state discrimination

Demonstrated sub-micrometer spatial resolution

Abstract

Single atom imaging requires discrimination of weak photon count events above background and has typically been performed using either EMCCD cameras, photomultiplier tubes or single photon counting modules. sCMOS provides a cost effective and highly scalable alternative to other single atom imaging technologies, offering fast readout and larger sensor dimensions. We demonstrate single atom resolved imaging of two site-addressable single atom traps separated by 10~$\mu$m using an sCMOS camera, offering a competitive signal-to-noise ratio at intermediate count rates to allow high fidelity readout discrimination (error $<10^{-6}$) and sub-$\mu$m spatial resolution for applications in quantum technologies.