Standing light fields for cold atoms with intrinsically stable and variable time phases

Autor:	Arno Rauschenbeutel, V. Gomer, Dieter Meschede, H. Schadwinkel
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Physics Standing wave Optics business.industry Lattice (order) Variable time Electrical and Electronic Engineering Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Atomic physics business Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Light field Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials
Zdroj:	Optics Communications. 148:45-48
ISSN:	0030-4018
DOI:	10.1016/s0030-4018(97)00669-x
Popis:	We present a novel method to realise a standing light field with a stable configuration in two or three dimensions. A single standing wave formed by two counterpropagating beams is folded and brought into intersection with itself. The values of the relative timephases are stable, a priori known, and can be altered arbitrarily by means of retardation plates. The polarisation configurations of three orthogonal standing waves include the standard magnetooptical trap and a novel three-dimensional pure polarisation lattice which we have investigated in a first spectroscopic measurement, providing strong evidence for atomic localisation in both cases.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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