| Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 42, Number 3, June 2008
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 269 - 273 | |
| Section | Laser, Optics, Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008086 | |
| Published online | 04 June 2008 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008086
A set-up for flexible geometry optical lattices
Umeå University, Department of Physics, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
Corresponding author: anders.kastberg@physics.umu.se
Received:
24
August
2007
Revised:
16
January
2008
Accepted:
7
February
2008
Published online:
4
June
2008
We have developed an alignment tool for optical lattices with arbitrary beam angles, allowing for optical potentials with a range of geometries and topographies. A calibration procedure has been introduced, giving a precision of 10 mrad in the chosen beam angle, and a high degree of flexibility. The tool has been tested in simplified experiments on the confinement and expansion of cold atoms in one-dimensional and two-dimensional optical lattices, and has proved to work well.
PACS: 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping / 42.15.Eq – Optical system design
© EDP Sciences, 2008
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