Coherent atomic manipulation and cooling : interferometric laser cooling and composite pulses for atom interferometry /

Coherent atomic manipulation and cooling : interferometric laser cooling and composite pulses for atom interferometry /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dunning, Alexander J., author.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Springer theses: recognizing outstanding Ph. D. research. Springer theses.
Subject:	Laser manipulation (Nuclear physics) Laser cooling. Atoms -- Cooling. Interferometry. Atoms -- Cooling. Interferometry. Laser cooling. Laser manipulation (Nuclear physics)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11095780

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ISBN:	9783319217383 3319217380 3319217372 9783319217376 9783319217376
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	"Doctoral thesis accepted by the University of Southampton, UK." Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 20, 2015).
Summary:	Thiswork unites the concepts of laser cooling and matter-wave interferometry to develop an interferometric laser cooling technique in an experimental system of cold rubidium atoms. Serving as an introduction to graduate level coherent optical atomic manipulation, the thesis describes the theory of stimulated Raman transitions and atom interferometry, along with the experimental methods for preparing and manipulating cold atoms, before building on these foundations to explore tailored optical pulse sequences and novel atomic cooling techniques. Interferometric cooling, originally proposed by Weitz and H©Þnsch in 2000, is based upon the coherent broadband laser pulses of Ramsey interferometry and in principle allows laser cooling of atomic and molecular species outside the scope of traditional Doppler laser cooling. On the path toward cooling, composite pulses quantum error correction methods, developed by chemists to mitigate the effects of in homogeneities in NMR spectroscopy are investigatedwith a view to improving the performance ofatom interferometers.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319217376
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-21738-3

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Coherent Manipulation and Interferometry
Rubidium MOT and Experimental Procedures
Raman Pulse Generation
Raman Pulse Characterisation
Composite Raman Pulses
Interferometric Cooling
Conclusions.