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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.

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Authors

P.F. Griffin

S.G. MacLeod



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 Mar 29, 2024
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.

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