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From: Prospects for strongly coupled atom-photon quantum nodes

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(a) Illustration showing atoms confined within a microscopic void in an optical fibre, interacting with the guided light. (b) The same method can be used to introduce cold atoms into a waveguide on a chip, thus allowing them to be integrated into more complex photonic circuits. (c) Examples of possible geometries; round hole, square hole, square hole combined with fibre Bragg gratings. (d) Laser drilled holes in a Thorlabs 780 HP optical fibre, images produced by Workshop of Photonics.

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