Optical dipole traps and atomic waveguides based on Bessel light beams
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-07 v3
Abstract
We theoretically investigate the use of Bessel light beams generated using axicons for creating optical dipole traps for cold atoms and atomic waveguiding. Zeroth-order Bessel beams can be used to produce highly elongated dipole traps allowing for the study of one-dimensional trapped gases and realization of a Tonks gas of impentrable bosons. First-order Bessel beams are shown to be able to produce tight confined atomic waveguides over centimeter distances.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0101215,
title = {Optical dipole traps and atomic waveguides based on Bessel light beams},
author = {J. Arlt and K. Dholakia and J. Soneson and E. M. Wright},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0101215},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
20 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. A