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Towards a random laser with cold atoms
William Guerin, Nicolas Mercadier, Franck Michaud +7
Atoms can scatter light and they can also amplify it by stimulated emission. From this simple starting point, we examine the possibility of realizing a random laser in a cloud of l…
Enhancing the area of a Raman atom interferometer using a versatile double-diffraction technique
Thomas Lévèque, A. Gauguet, Franck Michaud +2
IIn this paper we demonstrate a new scheme for Raman transitions which realize a symmetric momentum-space splitting of , deflecting the atomic wave-packets into the same…
Mechanisms for Lasing with Cold Atoms as the Gain Medium
William Guerin, Franck Michaud, Robin Kaiser
We realize a laser with a cloud of cold rubidium atoms as gain medium, placed in a low-finesse cavity. Three different regimes of laser emission are observed corresponding respecti…
Self-sustained oscillations in a Large Magneto-Optical Trap
Guillaume Labeyrie, Franck Michaud, Robin Kaiser
We have observed self-sustained radial oscillations in a large magneto-optical trap (MOT), containing up to Rb atoms. This instability is due to the competition be…