Title :
Observation of collisional narrowing in an ensemble of cold atoms
Author :
Sagi, Yoav ; Almog, Ido ; Davidson, Nir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
Abstract :
We study the coherence dynamics of optically trapped 87Rb atoms. We observe a decrease of the dephasing rate for an increasing elastic collision rate, and show that it depends only on the phase space density.
Keywords :
atom optics; light coherence; radiation pressure; rubidium; coherence dynamics; cold atoms; collisional narrowing; dephasing rate; elastic collision rate; optically trapped; phase space density; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; Geometrical optics; Magnetic field measurement; Optical devices; Physics; Pulse measurements; Shape; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
