Interferometry and Dissipative Optics with Atoms

• Authors: P. Szriftgiser , D. Guéry-Odelin , P. Desbiolles , J. Dalibard , M. Arndt , A. Steane
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We have designed a gravitational cavity for ultra-cold atoms using an atomic mirror made from an evanescent laser wave. By a temporal variation of the evanescent wave intensity, we have realized various atom optics components such as temporal slits and phase modulators. We have also designed an atom interferometer using this cavity which proves that the coherence of the de Broglie waves can be preserved during the bounce of the atoms on the mirror. Finally we show that an efficient cooling of the atoms inside the cavity can be achieved using a Sisyphus process during the bounce.

Keywords

EN

03.75.Dg; 32.80.Pj; 42.50.Vk

Discipline

• 03.75.Dg: Atom and neutron interferometry

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1998
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 197-209

Dates

published

1998-01

Contributors

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P. Szriftgiser

• Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

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D. Guéry-Odelin

• Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

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P. Desbiolles

• Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

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J. Dalibard

• Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France

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M. Arndt

• Institut für Experimentalphysik der Universität Innsbruck Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

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A. Steane

• Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, OX13PU, United Kingdom

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.93.197