Spatially selective loading of an optical lattice by light-shift engineering using an auxiliary laser field

Griffin, P.F.; Weatherill, K.J.; MacLeod, S.G.; Potvliege, R.M.; Adams, C.S.

Abstract

I had the idea a long time ago that shifting the excited state energy level using an additional laser could be a useful tool in cold atoms experiments. In this paper we demonstrated experimentally the application of this idea to loading specific sites in a CO2 laser lattice.

Citation

Griffin, P., Weatherill, K., MacLeod, S., Potvliege, R., & Adams, C. (2006). Spatially selective loading of an optical lattice by light-shift engineering using an auxiliary laser field. New Journal of Physics, 8(11), https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/8/1/011

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2006-01
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2007
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 29, 2010
• Journal: New Journal of Physics
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 11
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/8/1/011
• Keywords: Bose-Einstein condensation; Alkali-metal atoms; Perturbation theory; Dipole trap; Polarizabilities; Spectra.