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A set-up for flexible geometry optical lattices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2008

R. Saers ,
M. Rehn ,
T. Scheler ,
M. Zelán  and
A. Kastberg
R. Saers
Affiliation:
Umeå University, Department of Physics, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
M. Rehn
Affiliation:
Umeå University, Department of Physics, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
T. Scheler
Affiliation:
Umeå University, Department of Physics, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
M. Zelán
Affiliation:
Umeå University, Department of Physics, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
A. Kastberg*
Affiliation:
Umeå University, Department of Physics, 90187 Umeå, Sweden
*
[email protected]
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Abstract

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.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , June 2008 , pp. 269 - 273
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© EDP Sciences, 2008

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