• DocumentCode
    2253369
  • Title

    Optical guiding of atoms through a hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber

  • Author

    Knize, R.J. ; Takekoshi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., United States Air Force Acad., Colorado Springs, CO
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have demonstrated guiding of rubidium atom through a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber. Rb atoms from a thermal oven travel down 6 cm fiber with an efficiency that is greater than 70%.
  • Keywords
    atom optics; optical fibres; photonic band gap; Rb; hollow-core photonic band-gap fiber; optical guiding; rubidium atom; Adaptive optics; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Speckle; (020.1335) Atom Optics; (020.7010) Optical trapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4572185