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An Experimental Investigation of Radiation Trapping in Optical Molasses

Stites, Ronald William
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1122924988

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2005, Master of Science, Miami University, Physics.
In this thesis, the effect of radiation trapping on the photon statistics of the light scattered from optical molasses is experimentally investigated. It is demonstrated that the intensity correlation function is sensitive to the presence of radiation trapping at an on-resonance optical depth, OD, as low as 0.1. It is also shown that it is possible by introducing a mild anisotropy in the trapped cloud to change the number density of a trapped sample of laser-cooled atoms in a dilute magneto-optical trap by over an order of magnitude, from 1.9 x 10 9 atoms/cm 3 to 1.6 x 10 8 atoms/cm 3 , while keeping the temperature constant.
Samir Bali (Advisor)
106 p.
Physics, Atomic
Laser Cooling; Radiation Trapping; Optical Molasses

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  • Stites, R. W. (2005). An Experimental Investigation of Radiation Trapping in Optical Molasses [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1122924988

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stites, Ronald. An Experimental Investigation of Radiation Trapping in Optical Molasses. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1122924988.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stites, Ronald. "An Experimental Investigation of Radiation Trapping in Optical Molasses." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1122924988

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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