2 papers
physics.atom-ph2013
Confinement of ultracold atoms in a Laguerre-Gaussian laser beam created with diffractive optics
Sharon A. Kennedy, G. W. Biedermann, J. Tom Farrar +3
We report 2D confinement of Rb 87 atoms in a Laguerre-Gaussian laser beam. Changing of the sign of the detuning from the atomic resonance dramatically alters the geometry of the co…
physics.atom-ph2011
Bose-Einstein condensation transition studies for atoms confined in Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes
T. G. Akin, Sharon Kennedy, Ben Dribus +4
Multiply-connected traps for cold, neutral atoms fix vortex cores of quantum gases. Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes are ideal for such traps due to their phase stability. We report t…