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A Well Collimated Quasi-Continuous Atom Laser

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Author(s)

Edward W. Hagley, Lu Deng, M M. Kozuma, J Wen, Kristian Helmerson, S L. Rolston, William D. Phillips

Abstract

We demonstrate extraction of sodium atoms from a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) using a coherent stimulated Raman process. Optical Raman pulses drive transitions between trapped and untrapped magnetic sublevels so as to give the output coupled BEC fraction a well defined momentum. The pulsed output coupling can be run at such a rate that the extracted atomic wavepackets strongly overlap, forming a highly directional, quasi-continuous matter wave.
Citation
Science
Volume
283
Issue
No. 5408
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

atom laser, Bose-Einstein condensation, Raman output coupler

Citation

Hagley, E. , Deng, L. , Kozuma, M. , Wen, J. , Helmerson, K. , Rolston, S. and Phillips, W. (1999), A Well Collimated Quasi-Continuous Atom Laser, Science, [online], https://doi.org/10.1126/science.283.5408.1706 (Accessed April 20, 2024)

Created March 1, 1999, Updated November 10, 2018