Advances in Laser Manipulation of Neutral Atoms
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 2097
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms; guiding of cold atoms; fountain atomic clocks; optical atomic clocks; atom interferometers; atomic gyroscopes; nonlinear optics; ultra-stable and ultra-narrow laser systems; quantum coherent control with optical frequency combs; high-resolution photo-associative spectroscopy of cold atoms; precision spectroscopy and precision measurements
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is well-known that laser techniques provide unique means of manipulating small particles. The interaction between light and particles is the main focus of this subject. A prime example of these techniques is the cooling of atomic vapor to extremely low temperatures to form new states of matter, i.e., BEC (Bose–Einstein condensate) and DFG (degenerate Fermi gas), which shed new light on a range of popular topics.
Nowadays, rapid developments in the field of AMO (atomic, molecular, and optical) physics have revolutionized research in many areas, including fundamental physics, precision spectroscopy and measurement, quantum metrology, astronomy and astrophysics, geodesy and hydrology, quantum simulation, and information and computation. Moreover, recent advances also provide sensitive and flexible scientific tools, e.g., atom lithography, optical tweezers, atomic magnetometers, atomic gyroscopes, atomic interferometers, atomic gravimeters, atomic clocks, etc.
This Special Issue focuses on the laser manipulation of neutral atoms, aiming to collect the latest progress in fundamental research and related applications in this area. You are invited to submit your original research papers and review papers to this Special Issue. Technical topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Laser cooling and trapping;
- Quantum gases;
- Laser-based precision spectroscopy;
- Optical tweezers;
- Atoms in an optical cavity;
- Atoms in an optical lattice;
- Atomic frequency standards and clocks;
- Atomic magnetometer and gyroscope;
- Atomic interferometer;
- Quantum simulation and computation with atoms;
- Spin squeezing and quantum entanglement with atoms;
- Search for the new physics of atoms.
Prof. Dr. Xinye Xu
Dr. Min Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser cooling
- ultracold atom
- optical lattice
- precision spectroscopy
- quantum information
- atomic clock
- atomic magnetometer
- atomic gyroscope
- atomic interferometer
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