Phase-space imaging of trapped atoms using magnetic sublevels coherence

D. V. Strekalov, A. V. Turlapov, A. Kumarakrishnan, S. B. Cahn, Tycho Sleator

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    Abstract

    Experimental results on phase-space imaging of a laser-cooled atomic cloud are presented. Both position and velocity information are encoded in the frequency of the signal coherently radiated from the cloud. This encoding is achieved by application of a position-dependent magnetic field. Fourier transformation of the signal yields a projection of the phase-space density of the atoms. Since the projection direction is determined by the imposed field gradient, we can reconstruct the phase-space structure of the cloud and trace its time evolution.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)38-49
    Number of pages12
    JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume3736
    StatePublished - 1999
    EventProceedings of the 1998 Nonlinear Optical Phenomena and Coherent Optics in Information Technologies, ICONO-98 - Moscow, RUS
    Duration: Jun 29 1998Jul 3 1998

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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