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- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the University of Southampton, UK
- Offers a comprehensive and compact theoretical and experimental treatment of Stimulated Raman transitions
- Presents the first experimental demonstration of interferometric laser cooling
- Provides extensive characterisation of a wide range of composite pulses for use in atom interferometry experiments
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This work 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 Hänsch 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 investigated with a view to improving the performance of atom interferometers.
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept of Physics & Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Alexander J. Dunning
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coherent Atomic Manipulation and Cooling
Book Subtitle: Interferometric Laser Cooling and Composite Pulses for Atom Interferometry
Authors: Alexander J. Dunning
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21738-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-21737-6Published: 28 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37046-0Published: 22 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-21738-3Published: 18 August 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 164
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Gases and Condensates, Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics, Quantum Physics