Analysis of dephasing mechanisms in a standing-wave dipole trap

Kuhr, S and Alt, W and Schrader, D and Dotsenko, I and Miroshnychenko, Y and Rauschenbeutel, A and Meschede, D (2005) Analysis of dephasing mechanisms in a standing-wave dipole trap. Physical Review A, 72 (2). 023406. ISSN 1050-2947 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.023406)

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Abstract

We study in detail the mechanisms causing dephasing of hyperfine coherences of cesium atoms confined by a far-off-resonant standing-wave optical dipole trap [S. Kuhr , Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 213002 (2003)]. Using Ramsey-spectroscopy and spin-echo techniques, we measure the reversible and irreversible dephasing times of the ground-state coherences. We present an analytical model to interpret the experimental data and identify the homogeneous and inhomogeneous dephasing mechanisms. Our scheme to prepare and detect the atomic hyperfine state is applied at the level of a single atom as well as for ensembles of up to 50 atoms.

ORCID iDs

Kuhr, S ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8386-5357, Alt, W, Schrader, D, Dotsenko, I, Miroshnychenko, Y, Rauschenbeutel, A and Meschede, D;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:43781
    Dates:
    Date
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    August 2005
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:09 May 2013 14:02
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 10:24
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43781
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