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Copyright by Gabriel Noam Price 200
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Single-Photon Atomic Cooling by Gab
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Acknowledgments First, I would like
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Rubidium group when I first joined.
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Single-Photon Atomic Cooling Public
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2.5.2.4 Magneto-Optical Trap . . .
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List of Tables 2.1 87 Rb Physical P
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3.1 Vacuum Chamber . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter
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the momentum kicks due to absorptio
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samples by allowing for very long i
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Figure 1.2: The energy level struct
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quency regime [19]. This then led t
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Figure 1.4: Depiction of a simple,
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demonstrates the cooling power of a
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a) b) c) external potential one-way
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worked on by Brillouin [27-29], ide
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the atomic ensemble. Not surprising
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are untrappable. The SI unit for en
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the atomic transition and is called
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2.1 Rubidium Rubidium (Rb) is an al
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constant which is given by α = e2
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only one value of J is possible fro
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the latter of which only applies to
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Figure 2.1: 87 Rb D2 Transition Hyp
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Pluging Eq. 2.18 into this Hamilton
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Following the same logic leads to a
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gF = −1/2 using the approximate e
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mize their energy in high magnetic
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If we now consider the field from t
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where P is in torr. The lifetime of
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component of the dipole oscillation
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maxima. Our experiment makes extens
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atoms its wavefunction Ψ(t) is typ
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In this equation we let H = H0 + Hc
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The significance of Isat is that at
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Δ ω =ω−Δ ω =ω−Δ Δ
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where I/Isat ≪ 1 has been assumed
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λ λ Figure 2.9: The Sisyphus cool
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process repeats. If however, it dec
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σ σ σ Figure 2.10: Geomet
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to vary linearly with position alon
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0, ±1 and ∆mF = 0, ±1, allow ex
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this figure only the relevant hyper
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D2 transition in 87 Rb has a natura
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2.7.2 Saturation Absorption Spectro
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ground state depletion due to the p
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oadened background can be removed f
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where n is the number density of at
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where σ 2 c = σ 2 2 kBTt n + m .
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Chapter 3 Experimental Apparatus Th
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Figure 3.1: The vacuum chamber duri
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Nor-Cal Products Inc. (AMV-1502-CF)
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and monitor the necessary vacuum le
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3.1.3 Lower Chamber The lower chamb
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a) top ridge 1 cm b) metal jacket h
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to the appropriate frequency throug
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plexiglass cover piezo U stack grat
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λ Figure 3
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Voltage a b c d e f Frequency Figur
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eams. For example the MOT and optic
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λ Figure 3.12: The slave lasers
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λ λ λ
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λ λ λ λ
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needed when forming a MOT or optica
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master laser is dithered at 20 kHz.
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λ λ
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Output Power > 10 W Wavelength 532
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labeled 1, 2 and 3 in the Fig. 3.21
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λ λ λ λ
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process. The two coils are arranged
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19) connected in parallel. This arr
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3.4.2 Horizontal Imaging The horizo
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Chapter 4 Single-Photon Atomic Cool
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1 s, after which time ∼ 10 8 87 R
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