| Abstract: | A single neutral atom is one of the most promising candidates to encode a quantum bit(qubit). In a real experiment, a single neutral atom is always confined in a micro-sized far off-resonant optical trap(FORT). There are generally two types of traps: red-detuned trap and blue-detuned trap. We experimentally compare the qubits encoded in "clock states" of single cesium atoms confined separately in either 1064-nm red-detuned(bright) trap or 780-nm blue-detuned(dark) trap: both traps have almost the same trap depth. A longer lifetime of 117 s and a longer coherence time of about 10 ms are achieved in the dark trap. This provides a direct proof of the superiority of the dark trap over the bright trap. The measures to further improve the coherence are discussed. |
