• DocumentCode
    1944900
  • Title

    Near-field optical detection of atoms with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution

  • Author

    Ito, H. ; Totsuka, K. ; Kawamura, T. ; Yatsui, T. ; Ohtsu, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Interdisciplinary Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    15-19 July 2001
  • Abstract
    We describe an atom detector with two-color optical near fields designed for deflection experiments. The sensitivity is estimated to be about 10% for both photoionization and resonant excitation schemes using a slit-type probe.
  • Keywords
    fluorescence; particle optics; photoexcitation; photoionisation; rubidium; Rb; Rb atoms; atom detector; deflection experiments; fluorescence intensity; high sensitivity; high spatial resolution; near-field optical detection; photoionization; resonant excitation schemes; sensitivity; slit-type probe; two-color optical near fields; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Ionization; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical detectors; Optical sensors; Probes; Resonance; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chiba, Japan
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6738-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967950
  • Filename
    967950