Cold atoms in holographically shaped optical traps

Autor: Bruno Viaris de Lesegno, Fabienne Diry, Laurence Pruvost, Michael Mestre
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 194:122010
ISSN: 1742-6596
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/194/12/122010
Popis: We are exploring the possibilities offered by Spatial Light Modulators to create dipole potentials with arbitrary shape in order to apply to cold atoms. As a first experiment we have realized a guide for atoms by shaping the laser beam into a Laguerre-Gaussian mode, creating a sort of tube, empty of light, where the atoms rest confined during their flight in the gravity field. We are, now, creating new potentials by modifying the Laguerre-Gaussian hologram in order to create new original traps for atoms.
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