A high frequency optical trap for atoms using Hermite-Gaussian beams
Other Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
We present an experimental method to create a single high frequency optical trap for atoms based on an elongated Hermite-Gaussian TEM01 mode beam. This trap results in confinement strength similar to that which may be obtained in an optical lattice. We discuss an optical setup to produce the trapping beam and then detail a method to load a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) into a TEM01 trap. Using this method, we have succeeded in producing individual highly confined lower dimensional condensates.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0503349,
title = {A high frequency optical trap for atoms using Hermite-Gaussian beams},
author = {T. P. Meyrath and F. Schreck and J. L. Hanssen and C. -S. Chuu and M. G. Raizen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0503349},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 5 figures