Thesis
Laser cooling and trapping of atoms
- Abstract:
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A detailed experimental and theoretical investigation of a magneto-optical trap for caesium atoms is presented. Particular emphasis has been placed on achieving high spatial number densities and low temperatures. Optimizing both of these together enables efficient evaporative cooling from a conservative trap, a procedure which has recently led to the first observations of Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute atomic vapour.
The behaviour of a magneto-optical trap is nominally dete...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1995
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
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- Local pid:
- td:603836185
- Source identifiers:
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- Deposit date:
- 2014-04-01
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- Copyright holder:
- Christopher G. Townsend
- Copyright date:
- 1995
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky.
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