High-density mesoscopic atom clouds in a holographic atom trap
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High-density mesoscopic atom clouds in a holographic atom trap
We demonstrate the production of micron-sized high-density atom clouds of interest for mesoscopic quantum information processing. We evaporate atoms from 60 !K, 3"1014 atoms/cm3 samples contained in a highly anisotropic optical lattice formed by interfering diffracted beams from a holographic phase plate. After evaporating to 1 !K by lowering the confining potential, in less than a second the a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review A
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1050-2947,1094-1622
DOI: 10.1103/physreva.71.021401