Thursday, February 14, 2013

1302.2970 (V. Yu. Argonov)

Velocity selective trapping of atoms in a frequency-modulated standing
laser wave
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V. Yu. Argonov
The wave function of a moderately cold atom in a stationary near-resonant standing light wave delocalizes very fast due to wave packet splitting. However, we show that frequency modulation of the field may suppress packet splitting for some atoms having specific velocities in a narrow range. These atoms remain localized in a small space for a long time. We propose that in a real experiment with cold atomic gas this effect may decrease the velocity distribution of atoms (the field traps the atoms with such specific velocities while all other atoms leave the field)
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.2970

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