TY - JOUR
T1 - Additive manufacturing of functionalised atomic vapour cells for next-generation quantum technologies
AU - Wang, Feiran
AU - Cooper, Nathan
AU - He, Yinfeng
AU - Hopton, Benjamin
AU - Johnson, David
AU - Zhao, Peng
AU - Fromhold, T. Mark
AU - Tuck, Christopher J.
AU - Hague, Richard
AU - Wildman, Ricky D.
AU - Turyanska, Lyudmila
AU - Hackermüller, Lucia
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Atomic vapour cells are an indispensable tool for quantum technologies (QT), but potential improvements are limited by the capacities of conventional manufacturing methods. Using an additive manufacturing (AM) technique - vat polymerisation by digital light processing - we demonstrate, for the first time, a 3D-printed glass vapour cell. The exploitation of AM capacities allows intricate internal architectures, overprinting of 2D optoelectronical materials to create integrated sensors and surface functionalisation, while also showing the ability to tailor the optical properties of the AM glass by in-situ growth of gold nanoparticles. The produced cells achieve ultra-high vacuum of $2 \times 10^{-9}$ mbar and enable Doppler-free spectroscopy; we demonstrate laser frequency stabilisation as a QT application. These results highlight the transformative role that AM can play for QT in enabling compact, optimised and integrated multi-material components and devices.
AB - Atomic vapour cells are an indispensable tool for quantum technologies (QT), but potential improvements are limited by the capacities of conventional manufacturing methods. Using an additive manufacturing (AM) technique - vat polymerisation by digital light processing - we demonstrate, for the first time, a 3D-printed glass vapour cell. The exploitation of AM capacities allows intricate internal architectures, overprinting of 2D optoelectronical materials to create integrated sensors and surface functionalisation, while also showing the ability to tailor the optical properties of the AM glass by in-situ growth of gold nanoparticles. The produced cells achieve ultra-high vacuum of $2 \times 10^{-9}$ mbar and enable Doppler-free spectroscopy; we demonstrate laser frequency stabilisation as a QT application. These results highlight the transformative role that AM can play for QT in enabling compact, optimised and integrated multi-material components and devices.
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15255
U2 - 10.48550/ARXIV.2406.15255
DO - 10.48550/ARXIV.2406.15255
M3 - Article
JO - arXiv
JF - arXiv
ER -