Single-Photon Atomic Cooling - Raizen Lab - The University of ...
Single-Photon Atomic Cooling - Raizen Lab - The University of ...
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Output Power > 10 W<br />
Wavelength 532 nm<br />
Linewidth < 5 MHz<br />
Beam Diameter 2.25 ± 10% mrad<br />
M 2 < 1.1<br />
Power Stability ±1%<br />
Pointing Stability < 2µrad<br />
Noise (RMS) < 0.03%<br />
Polarization Vertical, > 100 : 1<br />
Table 3.1: Verdi V10 system specifications.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Verdi V10 outputs radiation at 532 nm which is far blue detuned<br />
from the 87 Rb D2 transition frequency. This means that Udip(r) is positive ev-<br />
erywhere and so a repulsive potential is formed. Our strategy to form 3D trap-<br />
ping potentials with repulsive barriers has been to use several “light sheets” to<br />
construct optical cups that hold the atoms against gravity. During the single-<br />
photon cooling process atoms are transferred from the magnetic trap into an<br />
optical cup. During the course <strong>of</strong> the experiments we used two main geome-<br />
tries for the construction <strong>of</strong> the cup: an “optical box” and “optical trough.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> process used to form these traps is very similar so I will only discuss the<br />
construction <strong>of</strong> the optical trough.<br />
<strong>The</strong> optical trough comprises four Gaussian sheets as shown in Fig. 3.20.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sheets were formed by asymmetrically focusing the beam with cylindrical<br />
lenses. Two sheets travel along the ˆx direction forming a “V”-shape. With<br />
the aid <strong>of</strong> gravity along the −ˆz direction these sheets confined the atoms along<br />
the ˆz and ˆy directions. Two more vertically elongated sheets traveling along<br />
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