Bragg Scattering of Atoms at an Absorptive Light Crystal

authored by

Markus K. Oberthaler, Roland W. Abfalterer, Stefan Bernet, Ernst M. Rasel, Jorg Schmiedmayer, Anton Zeilinger

Abstract

A standing light wave was formed using the open 801 nm transition on a metastable argon. A spontaneous decay from the excited state leads with 72% to the ground state which is not detected and could be regarded as being absorbed. The optical pumping rate to the ground state gives the absorption rate. Tuning the laser exactly to a resonant state results in maximum optical pumping for a given laser intensity and zero light shift potential. A pure absorptive crystal is realized in these conditions.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Quantum Optics

External Organisation(s)

University of Innsbruck

Type

Poster

Pages

56

No. of pages

1

Publication date

1996

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Physics and Astronomy

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1109/eqec.1996.561600 (Access: Unknown)