Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber
We describe the loading of laser-cooled rubidium atoms into a single-mode hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber. Inside the fiber, the atoms are confined by a far-detuned optical trap and probed by a weak resonant beam. We describe different loading methods and compare their trade-offs in terms of impl...
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| author | Bajcsy, Michal Hofferberth, Sebastian Balic, Vlatko Zibrov, A. S. Vuletic, Vladan Lukin, M. D. Peyronel, Thibault Liang, Qi-Yu |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Bajcsy, Michal Hofferberth, Sebastian Balic, Vlatko Zibrov, A. S. Vuletic, Vladan Lukin, M. D. Peyronel, Thibault Liang, Qi-Yu |
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| description | We describe the loading of laser-cooled rubidium atoms into a single-mode hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber. Inside the fiber, the atoms are confined by a far-detuned optical trap and probed by a weak resonant beam. We describe different loading methods and compare their trade-offs in terms of implementation complexity and atom-loading efficiency. The most efficient procedure results in loading of ~30,000 rubidium atoms, which creates a medium with an optical depth of ~180 inside the fiber. Compared to our earlier study [1] this represents a sixfold increase in the maximum achieved optical depth in this system. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/661182022-09-28T19:41:16Z Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber Bajcsy, Michal Hofferberth, Sebastian Balic, Vlatko Zibrov, A. S. Vuletic, Vladan Lukin, M. D. Peyronel, Thibault Liang, Qi-Yu Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms Vuletic, Vladan Peyronel, Thibault Michel Max Liang, Qiyu Vuletic, Vladan Balic, Vlatko We describe the loading of laser-cooled rubidium atoms into a single-mode hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber. Inside the fiber, the atoms are confined by a far-detuned optical trap and probed by a weak resonant beam. We describe different loading methods and compare their trade-offs in terms of implementation complexity and atom-loading efficiency. The most efficient procedure results in loading of ~30,000 rubidium atoms, which creates a medium with an optical depth of ~180 inside the fiber. Compared to our earlier study [1] this represents a sixfold increase in the maximum achieved optical depth in this system. 2011-09-29T14:44:14Z 2011-09-29T14:44:14Z 2011-06 2011-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1050-2947 1094-1622 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66118 Bajcsy, M. et al. “Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber.” Physical Review A 83 (2011). ©2011 American Physical Society. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-7248 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.063830 Physical Review A Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Bajcsy, Michal Hofferberth, Sebastian Balic, Vlatko Zibrov, A. S. Vuletic, Vladan Lukin, M. D. Peyronel, Thibault Liang, Qi-Yu Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber |
| title | Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber |
| title_full | Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber |
| title_fullStr | Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber |
| title_short | Laser-cooled atoms inside a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber |
| title_sort | laser cooled atoms inside a hollow core photonic crystal fiber |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66118 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-7248 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 |
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