Method for velocimetry of cold atoms

D. R. Meacher; D. Boiron; H. Metcalf; C. Salomon; G. Grynberg

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.50.R1992

Method for velocimetry of cold atoms

D. R. Meacher
, D. Boiron
, H. Metcalf
, C. Salomon
, G. Grynberg

Physics and Astronomy

Stony Brook University

Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL Research University

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Abstract

We describe our use of recoil-induced resonances or stimulated optical Compton scattering to measure the velocity distribution of laser-cooled cesium atoms in one dimension. The technique works well at velocities near 1 cm/s, is insensitive to the effects of light shifts or stray fields, requires only a few mm3 of work space, and may be completed in 1 ms. It may be extended to allow the measurement of velocity distributions in three dimensions and for in situ measurements in optical molasses, traps, or lattices. Our measurements are compared with traditional ballistic measurements in the same apparatus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R1992-R1994
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	50
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.50.R1992
State	Published - 1994

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