• DocumentCode
    2884290
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629019
  • Filename
    4629019