Laser lenses for neutral atomic beams

Gregg M. Gallatin; Phillip L. Gould

doi:10.1117/12.22988

1 November 1990 Laser lenses for neutral atomic beams

Gregg M. Gallatin, Phillip L. Gould

Proceedings Volume 1338, Optoelectronic Devices and Applications; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22988
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The focusing of a neutral atomic beam using near-resonant laser light is considered. The results of a path integral solution to the Schrodinger in the stationary phase approximation are presented. The details of the derivation of the propagation kernel are presented elsewhere [1]. This approach is general and allows us to deal with "thick" laser lenses. Numerical results for the focusing of a Gaussian atomic beam are presented. These results show that spot diameters on the order of 20 Angstroms are obtainable for many reasonable choices of laser and atomic beam parameters, and that for most of these cases the thin lens approximation is not valid.

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Gregg M. Gallatin and Phillip L. Gould "Laser lenses for neutral atomic beams", Proc. SPIE 1338, Optoelectronic Devices and Applications, (1 November 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22988

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