A study on evolution of a cold atom cloud in a time dependent radio frequency dressed potential

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العنوان: A study on evolution of a cold atom cloud in a time dependent radio frequency dressed potential
المؤلفون: Chakraborty, A., Mishra, S. R., Ram, S. P., Tiwari, S. K., Rawat, H. S.
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: Physics (Other)
Quantum Physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Physics - Atomic Physics, Quantum Physics
الوصف: Using a Direct Simulation Monte Carlo technique, we have studied the time evolution of a cold atom cloud interacting with a time dependent radio frequency (rf) dressed state potential. Exposure of a cloud of $^{87}Rb$ atoms, trapped in a quadrupole magnetic trap, to a time dependent rf-field with increasing amplitude and decreasing frequency, shows a variation in the number of trapped atoms and the overall shape of the atom cloud. It is shown by simulations that, initially at lower rf-field strength, the rf-field results in ejection of atoms from the trap, leading to evaporative cooling of the atom cloud. Later, at higher rf-field strength, the atoms undergo the non-adiabatic Landau-Zener (LZ) transitions, which leads to their trapping in an rf-dressed state potential of toroidal shape. The results of simulations explain the experimentally observed results. The simulations can be useful to predict the atom cloud dynamics and trapping geometries with other forms of the potential.
Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.04302
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1606.04302
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv