Laser Detection of Single Atoms

Balikin, V. I.; Bekov, G. I.; Letokhov, V. S.; Mishin, V. I.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-9113-9_27

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“…Mechanical effects induced by light forces, as deflection, focalisation, cooling of atoms by lasers, has become an important and widely studied field, both theoretically [1,2] and experimentally [3][4][5], in the larger domain of interaction of light with atoms. From the theoretical point of view, in many cases -including the present one -a semiclassical approximation, along the lines defined in reference [6] and elsewhere, is justified, which greatly simplifies the treatment of the external motion since the atom is considered as a point-like particle characterized by its position r and velocity v. Recently many experiments based on atom -light interactions gained in interest due to the need of slowing and trapping novel species, such as 3D trapping of Yb Rydberg atoms [7].…”

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Slowing dynamics of a supersonic beam, simulation and experiments

Hamamda

Taillandier-Loize

Baudon

et al. 2015

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.

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Abstract. In this paper we present numerical and experimental methods aimed to study the evolution in space and time of a slowed supersonic beam. These generic methods are applicable to a variety of beams and decelerating techniques. The present implemented experimental set up is based upon Zeeman slowing of a metastable atom beam. The detection uses a channel-electron multiplier and a delay-line detector allowing time-of-flight analysis and numerical image reconstruction. In particular a depopulation effect at the centre of the beam is evidenced. In view of quantifying the slowing process, Monte Carlo calculations based on rate-equations are detailed.

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