High-order Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes for studies of cold atoms

被引：115

作者：

Clifford, MA ^{[1
]}

Arlt, J ^{[1
]}

Courtial, J ^{[1
]}

Dholakia, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Dept Phys & Astron, JF Allen Phys Res Labs, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1998年 / 156卷 / 4-6期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

laser cooling; atom traps; atom guiding; angular momentum of light;

D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00464-7

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The generation of high-order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser modes at 780 nm from a simple external-cavity diode laser is demonstrated. The beams are derived from computer-generated holograms and a high conversion efficiency of 40% is achieved for LG beams with mode indices from l = 1 to l = 6. The line width of the external cavity diode laser is below 1 MHz. This system is suitable for studies of trapped and cooled atoms using LG beams. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：300 / 306

页数：7

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