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(New page: == Light forces == In preparation for 2009. == Handouts == * Mean radiation forces API pp. 370 - 379 ** Further reading on friction force in a standing wave ** C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Les...)
 
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** Reading:  pp. 316-335 of the paper which was already used in lecture 1
 
** Reading:  pp. 316-335 of the paper which was already used in lecture 1
 
***            (Nice summary on both dipole traps and radiation pressure traps)
 
***            (Nice summary on both dipole traps and radiation pressure traps)
*** W.D. Phillips, Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, in Laser Manipulation of Atoms and Ions, edited by E. Arimondo, W.D. Phillips, and F. Strumia, Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Course CXVIII (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1992) Download
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**** W.D. Phillips, Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, in Laser Manipulation of Atoms and Ions, edited by E. Arimondo, W.D. Phillips, and F. Strumia, Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Course CXVIII (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1992) Download
 
*** Original papers:
 
*** Original papers:
***            Optical Earnshaw theorem (OET):  Ashkin and Gordon
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****            Optical Earnshaw theorem (OET):  Ashkin and Gordon
***            How to circumvent the OET:  Pritchard et al.
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****            How to circumvent the OET:  Pritchard et al.
***            Realization of the MOT:  Raab et al.
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****            Realization of the MOT:  Raab et al.

Revision as of 17:59, 3 February 2009

Light forces

In preparation for 2009.

Handouts

  • Mean radiation forces API pp. 370 - 379
    • Further reading on friction force in a standing wave
    • C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Les Houches 1990, pp. 34-35
    • J.P. Gordon and A. Ashkin, PRA 21, 1606 (1980)
  • The dressed atom approach
    • Reading: API Chapter VI – worth reading!
  • Dipole forces within the dressed atom picture
    • Lecture notes
    • Important paper: J. Dalibard and C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Opt. Soc. Am .B 2, 1707 (1985)
  • Spontaneous light force traps
    • Magneto-optical trap, Optical Earnshaw theorem
    • Reading: pp. 316-335 of the paper which was already used in lecture 1
      • (Nice summary on both dipole traps and radiation pressure traps)
        • W.D. Phillips, Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, in Laser Manipulation of Atoms and Ions, edited by E. Arimondo, W.D. Phillips, and F. Strumia, Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Course CXVIII (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1992) Download
      • Original papers:
        • Optical Earnshaw theorem (OET): Ashkin and Gordon
        • How to circumvent the OET: Pritchard et al.
        • Realization of the MOT: Raab et al.