https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170205
Single-beam optical bottle for cold atoms using a conical lens
1
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II"and Istituto Nazionale per la
Fisica
della Materia (INFM), Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze, Largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze, Italy
3
Istituto di Cibernetica del CNR, via Toiano 6, 80072 Arco Felice, Italy
Corresponding authors: a cacciapuoti@na.infn.it - b guglielmo.tino@na.infn.it
Received:
4
September
2000
Revised:
21
January
2001
Published online: 15 June 2001
We report a new method to generate an optical dipole potential with a null intensity region surrounded in all directions by light walls. This is achieved with a simple scheme based on a conical lens. Applications to optical trapping of neutral atoms are discussed.
PACS: 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping / 42.50.Vk – Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, electrons, and ions
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2001
