138 research outputs found
Axially open nonradiative structures: an example of single-mode resonator based on the sample holder
The concept of nonradiative dielectric resonator is generalized in order to
include axially open configurations having rotational invariance. The resulting
additional nonradiative conditions are established for the different resonance
modes on the basis of their azimuthal modal index. An approximate chart of the
allowed dielectric and geometrical parameters for the TE011 mode is given. A
practical realization of the proposed device based on commercial fused quartz
tubes is demonstrated at millimeter wavelengths, together with simple
excitation and tuning mechanisms. The observed resonances are characterized in
their basic parameters, as well as in the field distribution by means of a
finite element method. The predictions of the theoretical analysis are well
confirmed, both in the general behaviour and in the expected quality factors.
The resulting device, in which the sample holder acts itself as single-mode
resonating element, combines an extreme ease of realization with
state-of-the-art performances. The general benefits of the proposed open
single-mode resonators are finally discussed.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figure
Transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Optical Tweezers
We have transported gaseous Bose-Einstein condensates over distances up to 44
cm. This was accomplished by trapping the condensate in the focus of an
infrared laser and translating the location of the laser focus with controlled
acceleration. Condensates of order 1 million atoms were moved into an auxiliary
chamber and loaded into a magnetic trap formed by a Z-shaped wire. This
transport technique avoids the optical and mechanical access constraints of
conventional condensate experiments and creates many new scientific
opportunities.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Wave function recombination instability in cold atom interferometers
Cold atom interferometers use guiding potentials that split the wave function
of the Bose-Einstein condensate and then recombine it. We present theoretical
analysis of the wave function recombination instability that is due to the weak
nonlinearity of the condensate. It is most pronounced when the accumulated
phase difference between the arms of the interferometer is close to an odd
multiple of PI and consists in exponential amplification of the weak ground
state mode by the strong first excited mode. The instability exists for both
trapped-atom and beam interferometers.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Multi Mode Interferometer for Guided Matter Waves
We describe the fundamental features of an interferometer for guided matter
waves based on Y-beam splitters and show that, in a quasi two-dimensional
regime, such a device exhibits high contrast fringes even in a multi mode
regime and fed from a thermal source.Comment: Final version (accepted to PRL
Open nonradiative cavities as millimeter wave single-mode resonators
Open single-mode metallic cavities operating in nonradiative configurations
are proposed and demonstrated. Starting from well-known dielectric resonators,
possible nonradiative cavities have been established; their behavior on the
fundamental TE011 mode has been predicted on the basis of general
considerations. As a result, very efficient confinement properties are expected
for a wide variety of open structures having rotational invariance. Test
cavities realized having in mind practical millimeter wave constraints have
been characterized at microwave frequencies. The field distribution of some
relevant configurations has been modeled by means of a finite-element numerical
method. The obtained results confirm the expected high performances on widely
open configurations. A possible excitation of the proposed resonators
exploiting their nonradiative character is discussed, and the resulting overall
ease of realization enlightened in view of millimeter wave employments.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figures. Extended version including numerical modelings
and a theoretical appendix. Original version published on Rev. Sci. Instru
A Storage Ring for Neutral Atoms
We have demonstrated a storage ring for ultra-cold neutral atoms. Atoms with
mean velocities of 1 m/s corresponding to kinetic energies of ~100 neV are
confined to a 2 cm diameter ring by magnetic forces produced by two
current-carrying wires. Up to 10^6 atoms are loaded at a time in the ring, and
7 revolutions are clearly observed. Additionally, we have demonstrated multiple
loading of the ring and deterministic manipulation of the longitudinal velocity
distribution of the atoms using applied laser pulses. Applications of this ring
include large area atom interferometers and cw monochromatic atomic beam
generation.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Surface Effects in Magnetic Microtraps
We have investigated Bose-Einstein condensates and ultra cold atoms in the
vicinity of a surface of a magnetic microtrap. The atoms are prepared along
copper conductors at distances to the surface between 300 um and 20 um. In this
range, the lifetime decreases from 20 s to 0.7 s showing a linear dependence on
the distance to the surface. The atoms manifest a weak thermal coupling to the
surface, with measured heating rates remaining below 500 nK/s. In addition, we
observe a periodic fragmentation of the condensate and thermal clouds when the
surface is approached.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures; v2: corrected references; v3: final versio
Chemical-potential standard for atomic Bose-Einstein condensates
When subject to an external time periodic perturbation of frequency , a
Josephson-coupled two-state Bose-Einstein condensate responds with a constant
chemical potential difference , where is Planck's constant
and is an integer. We propose an experimental procedure to produce
ac-driven atomic Josephson devices that may be used to define a standard of
chemical potential. We investigate how to circumvent some of the specific
problems derived from the present lack of advanced atom circuit technology. We
include the effect of dissipation due to quasiparticles, which is essential to
help the system relax towards the exact Shapiro resonance, and set limits to
the range of values which the various physical quantities must have in order to
achieve a stable and accurate chemical potential difference between the
macroscopic condensates.Comment: 13 pages, 4 figure
Generic entanglement generation, quantum statistics and complementarity
A general and an arbitrarily efficient scheme for entangling the spins (or
any spin-like degree of freedom) of two independent uncorrelated identical
particles by a combination of two particle interferometry and which way
detection is formulated. It is shown that the same setup could be used to
identify the quantum statistics of the incident particles from either the sign
or the magnitude of measured spin correlations. Our setup also exhibits a
curious complementarity between particle distinguishability and the amount of
generated entanglement.Comment: To appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Surface Micro Trap
Bose-Einstein condensation has been achieved in a magnetic surface micro trap
with 4x10^5 87Rb atoms. The strongly anisotropic trapping potential is
generated by a microstructure which consists of microfabricated linear copper
conductors at a width ranging from 3 to 30 micrometer. After loading a high
number of atoms from a pulsed thermal source directly into a magneto-optical
trap (MOT) the magnetically stored atoms are transferred into the micro trap by
adiabatic transformation of the trapping potential. The complete in vacuo trap
design is compatible with ultrahigh vacuum below 2x10^(-11) mbar.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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