Atomic states in optical traps near a planar surface
Quantum Physics
2015-05-27 v1
Abstract
In this work we discuss the atomic states in a vertical optical lattice in proximity of a surface. We study the modifications to the ordinary Wannier-Stark states in presence of a surface and we characterize the energy shifts produced by the Casimir-Polder interaction between atom and mirror. In this context, we introduce an effective model describing the finite size of the atom in order to regularize the energy corrections. In addition, the modifications to the energy levels due to a hypothetical non-Newtonian gravitational potential as well as their experimental observability are investigated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1103.1581,
title = {Atomic states in optical traps near a planar surface},
author = {Riccardo Messina and Sophie Pelisson and Marie-Christine Angonin and Peter Wolf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.1581},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages, 8 figures