Neutral atoms prepared in Fock states of a one-dimensional harmonic potential

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作者
Bouchoule, I [1 ]
Perrin, H [1 ]
Kuhn, A [1 ]
Morinaga, M [1 ]
Salomon, C [1 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Normale Super, Lab Kastler Brossel, F-75231 Paris 05, France
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1999年 / 59卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R8
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe the preparation of Fock states of motion of cesium atoms trapped in potential wells of a far detuned optical lattice. Direct observation of the velocity distribution of the \n =o] and \n=1] Fock states is obtained by an absorption imaging technique. [S1050-2947(99)50701-4].
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页码:R8 / R11
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