TEMPERATURE AND LOCALIZATION OF ATOMS IN 3-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL LATTICES

Citation
M. Gatzke et al., TEMPERATURE AND LOCALIZATION OF ATOMS IN 3-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL LATTICES, Physical review. A, 55(6), 1997, pp. 3987-3990
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
55
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3987 - 3990
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1997)55:6<3987:TALOAI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We report temperature measurements of atoms trapped in a three-dimensi onal (3D) optical lattice, a well-defined laser-cooling situation that can be treated with currently available theoretical tools. We also ob tain fluorescence spectra from a 3D optical lattice, from which we obt ain quantitative information about the trapping atoms, including the o scillation frequencies, spatial localization, and a temperature, which is in good agreement with our direct measurements. For comparison we study a 1D lattice using the same atom (cesium).