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Experiments with a fiber-based optical dipole trap for cold Cs-Atoms

E. VetschArno RauschenbeutelM. MullerD. ReitzS. T. DawkinsR. Mitsch

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Optical fiberMaterials sciencebusiness.industrySingle-mode optical fiberPhysics::OpticsPolarization-maintaining optical fiberGraded-index fiberlaw.inventionMode field diameterOpticslawFiber optic sensorDispersion-shifted fiberbusinessPhotonic-crystal fiber

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Pulling a standard optical fiber to a diameter of less than the wavelength of the guided light causes the light field to project slightly over the fiber boundaries in form of an evanescent wave. The latter can be used for light-matter-interactions in the vicinity of the surface of the fiber and therefore allows to perform quantum optic experiments.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-05-012011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC)
https://doi.org/10.1109/cleoe.2011.5943587