Laser cooling and trapping using Laguerre-Gaussian laser beams.

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dc.contributor.advisorAbraham, Eric R. I.,en_US
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Sharon Allison.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-16T12:19:06Z
dc.date.available2013-08-16T12:19:06Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.description.abstractLaser cooling and trapping has led to a revolution in Atomic and Molecular physics. Optical traps created with blue-detuned laser beams are desired for numerous studies. One method of creating such a trap is with Laguerre-Gaussian laser beams. Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser beams are interesting because of their orbital angular momentum and radial intensity modes. Previous methods of creating higher-order LG beams did not yield pure LG modes. In collaboration with Digital Optics Corporation diffraction optics have been manufactured that yield higher-order LG laser beams with purities consistent with 100% of the intensity in the desire mode. We then create a donut-mode LG beam with this method to confine atoms from a MOT in both a blue-detuned and a red-detuned optical dipole force trap.en_US
dc.format.extentvii, 89 leaves :en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/651
dc.noteMajor Professor: Eric R. I. Abraham.en_US
dc.noteSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-09, Section: B, page: 4417.en_US
dc.subjectMagnetooptical devices.en_US
dc.subjectLaser beams.en_US
dc.subjectPhysics, Atomic.en_US
dc.subjectAtoms Cooling.en_US
dc.subjectLaser cooling.en_US
dc.thesis.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineHomer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomyen_US
dc.titleLaser cooling and trapping using Laguerre-Gaussian laser beams.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy
ou.identifier(UMI)AAI3107291en_US

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