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The focusing effect of cold atomic cloud with a red-detuned Gaussian beam

Quantum Physics 2015-01-29 v2 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We have demonstrated an atom-optical lens, with the advantage of a small scale and flexible adjustment of the parameters, realized by a far red-detuned Gaussian laser beam perpendicular to the propagation direction of the cold atomic cloud. The one-dimensional transverse focusing effect of cold atomic clouds at the temperature order of 1 μ\muK freely falling through the atom-optical lens on the micron scale have been studied theoretically and then verified experimentally. It is found that theory and experiment are in good agreement.

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@article{arxiv.1108.3144,
  title  = {The focusing effect of cold atomic cloud with a red-detuned Gaussian beam},
  author = {Zhenglu Duan and Shuyu Zhou and Tao Hong and Yuzhu Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.3144},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages,6 figures