Title :
New method to induce stimulated Raman transitions
Author :
Holleville, D. ; Fils, J. ; Dimarcq, N.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de l´´Horloge Atomique, CNRS, Orsay, France
Abstract :
Stimulated Raman transitions are very useful tools in atomic optics. They have such different applications as sub-recoil cooling (Raman cooling and VSCPT), transverse velocity selection in some cold atom experiments, separation of wave-packets in atomic interferometry. There are several techniques to obtain a set-up, which is able to induce stimulated Raman transitions. The aim of the paper is to describe a new method based on the direct modulation of a laser diode current
Keywords :
atom-photon collisions; laser beams; laser cooling; optical modulation; particle optics; quantum optics; semiconductor lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; Raman cooling; VSCPT; atomic interferometry; atomic optics; cold atom experiments; direct modulation; laser diode current; stimulated Raman transition; stimulated Raman transitions; sub-recoil cooling; transverse velocity selection; wave-packet separation; Bandwidth; Diode lasers; Electrooptic modulators; Laser beams; Lasers and electrooptics; Master-slave; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency and Time Forum, 1999 and the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, 1999., Proceedings of the 1999 Joint Meeting of the European
Conference_Location :
Besancon
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5400-1
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.1999.840722
