• DocumentCode
    1742048
  • Title

    Theory of a pumped & damped cw atom laser

  • Author

    Robins, N.P. ; Savage, C.M. ; Ostrovskaya, E.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Theor. Phys., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    12-12 May 2000
  • Firstpage
    229
  • Lastpage
    230
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. One of the most striking results in the field of Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) is the possibility of creating an atom laser, using the trapped condensate as a continuously replenished source of a coherent atomic beam. Prototype atom lasers have already been demonstrated experimentally. One fruitful theoretical description is mean field theory, as fully quantised models cannot yet include essential effects, such as nonlinear atom-atom interactions.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; atomic beams; gas lasers; laser theory; light coherence; optical pumping; particle optics; Bose-Einstein Condensation; atom laser; coherent atomic beam; continuously replenished source; nonlinear atom-atom interactions; pumped damped cw atom laser; trapped condensate; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2000. (QELS 2000). Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    1094-5695
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-608-7
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    902034