• DocumentCode
    520097
  • Title

    Observation of collisional narrowing in an ensemble of cold atoms

  • Author

    Sagi, Yoav ; Almog, Ido ; Davidson, Nir

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. of Complex Syst., Weizmann Inst. of Sci., Rehovot, Israel
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study the coherence dynamics of optically trapped 87Rb atoms. We observe a decrease of the dephasing rate for an increasing elastic collision rate, and show that it depends only on the phase space density.
  • Keywords
    atom optics; light coherence; radiation pressure; rubidium; coherence dynamics; cold atoms; collisional narrowing; dephasing rate; elastic collision rate; optically trapped; phase space density; Atom optics; Atomic measurements; Charge carrier processes; Geometrical optics; Magnetic field measurement; Optical devices; Physics; Pulse measurements; Shape; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499659
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520097