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Temperature and spatial diffusion of atoms cooled in a 3D lin$\perp$lin bright optical lattice

Atomic Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We present a detailed experimental study of a three-dimensional lin\perplin bright optical lattice. Measurements of the atomic temperature and spatial diffusion coefficients are reported for different angles between the lattice beams, i.e. for different lattice constants. The experimental findings are interpretated with the help of numerical simulations. In particular we show, both experimentally and theoretically, that the temperature is independent of the lattice constant.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0109049,
  title  = {Temperature and spatial diffusion of atoms cooled in a 3D lin$\perp$lin bright optical lattice},
  author = {F. -R. Carminati and M. Schiavoni and L. Sanchez-Palencia and F. Renzoni and G. Grynberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0109049},
  year   = {2009}
}

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accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J. D