Loading Dynamics of Cold Atoms into a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. LP01 Mode of the Optical Dipole Beam
3.2. Superposition of LP01 and LP11 Modes of the Optical Dipole Beam
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Our Work | Reference [13] | Reference [16] |
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MOT temperature | 10 μK | 5 μK | 40 μK |
MOT center position | (0,0,5) mm | (0,0,25) mm | (0,0,6) mm |
MOT 1/e2 radius | 2 mm | 1 mm | N.A. |
Dipole beam power | 0.5 W (313 μK trap depth) | 1 W (14 mK trap depth) | 25 mW (10 mK trap depth) |
Dipole beam wavelength | 821 nm | 797.25 nm | 802 nm |
Length of the fiber | 4 cm | 10 cm | 3 cm |
Core diameter | 64 μm | 45 μm | 7 μm |
Efficiency | 0.19% (simulation) | 3.2% (experiment) | 3% (experiment) |
Parameters | Loading Efficiency |
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Reference parameters | 0.19% |
MOT temperature: 1 μK | 0.39% |
Dipole beam power: 0.17 mW (106 μK trap depth) | 0.1% |
MOT position: (0.28, 0, 5) mm | 0.17% |
MOT position: (0.42, 0, 5) mm | 0.18% |
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Wang, Y.; Chai, S.; Xin, M.; Leong, W.S.; Chen, Z.; Lan, S.-Y. Loading Dynamics of Cold Atoms into a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. Fibers 2020, 8, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8050028
Wang Y, Chai S, Xin M, Leong WS, Chen Z, Lan S-Y. Loading Dynamics of Cold Atoms into a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. Fibers. 2020; 8(5):28. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8050028
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yu, Shijie Chai, Mingjie Xin, Wui Seng Leong, Zilong Chen, and Shau-Yu Lan. 2020. "Loading Dynamics of Cold Atoms into a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber" Fibers 8, no. 5: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8050028
APA StyleWang, Y., Chai, S., Xin, M., Leong, W. S., Chen, Z., & Lan, S.-Y. (2020). Loading Dynamics of Cold Atoms into a Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber. Fibers, 8(5), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/fib8050028