Optical dipole traps for cold atoms using diffracted laser light

Autor: Shekhar Guha, Katharina Christandl, Glen D. Gillen
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Physical Review A. 73
ISSN: 1094-1622
1050-2947
Popis: We theoretically investigate the feasibility of using intensity distributions of light of a single laser beam diffracted by a circular aperture as optical dipole traps for cold neutral atoms. Localized and cylindrically symmetric traps on the central axis of the circular aperture exist for both blue- and red-detuned laser light. Experimental mapping of the spots of interest using ${\mathrm{CO}}_{2}$ laser light demonstrates the existence of these light distributions for laboratory conditions and their agreement with theoretical predictions.
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