On the stability of optical lattices
Atomic Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
In this article, we present an analysis of the stability of optical lattices. Starting with the study of an unstable optical lattice, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition for intrinsic phase stability, and discuss two practical solutions to fulfill this condition, namely minimal and folded optical lattices. We then present a particular example of two-dimensional folded optical lattice which has the advantage of being symmetric, power recycling and having a convenient geometry. We have used this lattice for laser collimation of a continuous cesium beam in a fountain geometry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0412072,
title = {On the stability of optical lattices},
author = {G. Di Domenico and N. Castagna and M. D. Plimmer and P. Thomann and A. V. Taichenachev and V. I. Yudin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0412072},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
13 pages, 4 figures