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Improving Raman velocimetry of laser-cooled cesium atoms by spin-polarization

Quantum Physics 2016-08-16 v2 Other Condensed Matter Atomic Physics Optics

Abstract

We study the peformances of Raman velocimetry applied to laser-cooled, spin-polarized, cesium atoms. Atoms are optically pumped into the F=4, m=0 ground-state Zeeman sublevel, which is insensitive to magnetic perturbations. High resolution Raman stimulated spectroscopy is shown to produce Fourier-limited lines, allowing, in realistic experimental conditions, atomic velocity selection to one-fiftieth of a recoil velocity.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0603216,
  title  = {Improving Raman velocimetry of laser-cooled cesium atoms by spin-polarization},
  author = {Julien Chabé and Hans Lignier and Pascal Szriftgiser and Jean Claude Garreau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0603216},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages, 6 figures, Elsevier style, to appear in Opt. Commun