Evanescent-light guiding of atoms through hollow optical fiber for optically controlled atomic deposition

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作者
Ito, H
Sakaki, K
Ohtsu, M
Jhe, W
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[1] TOKYO INST TECHNOL,INTERDISCIPLINARY GRAD SCH SCI & ENGN,MIDORI KU,YOKOHAMA,KANAGAWA 226,JAPAN
[2] SEOUL NATL UNIV,DEPT PHYS,SEOUL 151742,SOUTH KOREA
[3] KANAGAWA ACAD SCI & TECHNOL,TAKATSU KU,KAWASAKI,KANAGAWA 213,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.118901
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O59 [应用物理学];
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This work demonstrates that the technique of guiding atoms through hollow optical fiber escorted by evanescent light is useful as a novel scheme of optical atom deposition. To show the feasibility of fabricating micron-sized structures with nanometric depth on a substrate, we measure the spatial distribution of the guided atom flux with a hot-wire detector. Moreover, precise control of the deposition rate is illustrated with a 1.4-mu m-hollow fiber via photoionization spectroscopy, The ratio of the guided atom flux relative to the background transmission is enhanced up to 80-fold with a slightly tilted hollow fiber. (C) 1997 American Insitute of Physics.
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页码:2496 / 2498
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