Lattice-depth measurement using continuous grating atom diffraction
arXiv:1903.04011 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.063629
Abstract
We propose a new approach to characterizing the depths of optical lattices, in which an atomic gas is given a finite initial momentum, which leads to high amplitude oscillations in the zeroth diffraction order which are robust to finite-temperature effects. We present a simplified model yielding an analytic formula describing such oscillations for a gas assumed to be at zero temperature. This model is extended to include atoms with initial momenta detuned from our chosen initial value, before analyzing the full finite-temperature response of the system. Finally we present a steady-state solution to the finite-temperature system, which in principle makes possible the measurement of both the lattice depth, and initial temperature of the atomic gas simultaneously.
10 pages 5 figures
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