Title :
Sub-optical wavelength spatial imaging of the periodic fringes of total atomic density
Author :
Tonyushkin, Alexei ; Sleator, Tycho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., New York Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
Fringes of total atomic density produced in an atom interferometer consisting of two off-resonant standing wave pulses were directly imaged using an ldquooptical maskrdquo technique. Fringe periods with integer fractions of the standing-wave period were observed.
Keywords :
atom-photon collisions; magneto-optical effects; particle interferometry; quantum optics; radiation pressure; rubidium; 85Rb atoms; Rb; atom cooling; atom interferometer; atomic fringe pattern; integer fractions; magnetooptical trap; off-resonant standing wave pulses; optical mask; periodic fringes; suboptical wavelength spatial imaging; total atomic density; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Density measurement; Diffraction; Fluorescence; Gratings; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; (020.7010) Trapping; (110.6760) Talbot effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629019
