Towards coherent control of supersonic beams: a new approach to atom optics

被引：18

作者：

Libson, A. ^{[1
]}

Riedel, M.

Bronshtein, G.

Narevicius, E.

Even, U.

Raizen, M. G.

机构：

[1] Univ Texas, Ctr Nonlinear Dynam, Austin, TX 78712 USA

[2] Univ Texas, Dept Phys, Austin, TX 78712 USA

[3] Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Sch Chem, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

来源：

NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2006年 / 8卷

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D O I：

10.1088/1367-2630/8/5/077

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A supersonic beam of noble gas atoms is a source of unprecedented brightness. A novel short pulse supersonic nozzle is developed with beam intensity that is higher by at least an order of magnitude than other available sources. We show how this beam can be coherently slowed and focused using elastic reflection from single crystals. Simulations show beam fluxes of 10(11) atoms s(-1) at velocities of 50ms(-1) and temperatures of less than 20 mu K in the longitudinal direction. Possible applications of this slow beam to the study of atom-surface interactions and atom interferometry are discussed.

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