• DocumentCode
    3351857
  • Title

    Compression of cold atoms to very high densities in a novel rotating-beam blue-detuned optical dipole trap

  • Author

    Khaykovich, L. ; Friedman, N. ; Ozeri, R. ; Davidson, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    23-28 May 1992
  • Firstpage
    42675
  • Lastpage
    42676
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. A tightly focused and rapidly rotating blue-detuned laser beam was used to trap rubidium atoms in the dark with long atomic coherence times. Adiabatic compression and laser cooling then yielded atomic densities well above 10/sup 13/ cm/sup -3/.
  • Keywords
    laser cooling; radiation pressure; rubidium; Rb; Rb atoms; adiabatic compression; atomic densities; blue-detuned laser beam; cold atom compression; laser cooling; long atomic coherence times; rotating-beam blue-detuned optical dipole trap; very high densities; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; Cooling; Frequency; Laser beams; Shape; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 1999. QELS '99. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-576-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.1999.807677
  • Filename
    807677