Laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms

A. Rakonjac; A. B. Deb; S. Hoinka; D. Hudson; B. J. Sawyer; N. Kjærgaard

doi:10.1364/OL.37.001085

Laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms

A. Rakonjac, A. B. Deb, S. Hoinka, D. Hudson, B. J. Sawyer, N. Kjærgaard^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We present our first results on our implementation of a laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms. Atoms cooled to a temperature of 420 nK are confined and accelerated by means of laser tweezer beams, and the atomic scattering is directly observed in laser absorption imaging. The optical collider has been characterized using ⁸⁷Rb atoms in the |F = 2;mF = 2| state, but the scheme is not restricted to atoms in any particular magnetic substates and can readily be extended to other atomic species as well.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1085-1087
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001085
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

Access to Document

10.1364/OL.37.001085

Cite this

@article{1a71795c1c4a40d5a68916d54c9d037f,

title = "Laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms",

abstract = "We present our first results on our implementation of a laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms. Atoms cooled to a temperature of 420 nK are confined and accelerated by means of laser tweezer beams, and the atomic scattering is directly observed in laser absorption imaging. The optical collider has been characterized using 87Rb atoms in the |F = 2;mF = 2| state, but the scheme is not restricted to atoms in any particular magnetic substates and can readily be extended to other atomic species as well.",

author = "A. Rakonjac and Deb, {A. B.} and S. Hoinka and D. Hudson and Sawyer, {B. J.} and N. Kj{\ae}rgaard",

year = "2012",

month = mar,

day = "15",

doi = "10.1364/OL.37.001085",

language = "English",

volume = "37",

pages = "1085--1087",

journal = "Optics Letters",

issn = "0146-9592",

publisher = "OPTICAL SOC AMER",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms

AU - Rakonjac, A.

AU - Deb, A. B.

AU - Hoinka, S.

AU - Hudson, D.

AU - Sawyer, B. J.

AU - Kjærgaard, N.

PY - 2012/3/15

Y1 - 2012/3/15

N2 - We present our first results on our implementation of a laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms. Atoms cooled to a temperature of 420 nK are confined and accelerated by means of laser tweezer beams, and the atomic scattering is directly observed in laser absorption imaging. The optical collider has been characterized using 87Rb atoms in the |F = 2;mF = 2| state, but the scheme is not restricted to atoms in any particular magnetic substates and can readily be extended to other atomic species as well.

AB - We present our first results on our implementation of a laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms. Atoms cooled to a temperature of 420 nK are confined and accelerated by means of laser tweezer beams, and the atomic scattering is directly observed in laser absorption imaging. The optical collider has been characterized using 87Rb atoms in the |F = 2;mF = 2| state, but the scheme is not restricted to atoms in any particular magnetic substates and can readily be extended to other atomic species as well.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858591080&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1364/OL.37.001085

DO - 10.1364/OL.37.001085

M3 - Article

C2 - 22446233

AN - SCOPUS:84858591080

SN - 0146-9592

VL - 37

SP - 1085

EP - 1087

JO - Optics Letters

JF - Optics Letters

IS - 6

ER -

Laser based accelerator for ultracold atoms

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this