Single-beam optical bottle for cold atoms using a conical lens

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作者
Cacciapuoti, L [1 ]
de Angelis, M
Pierattini, G
Tino, GM
机构
[1] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fis, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[2] INFM, I-80126 Naples, Italy
[3] CNR, Ist Cibernet, I-80072 Arco, Italy
[4] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50125 Florence, Italy
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10.1007/s100530170205
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report a new method to generate an optical dipole potential with a null intensity region surrounded in all directions by light walls. This is achieved with a simple scheme based on a conical lens. Applications to optical trapping of neutral atoms are discussed.
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