Annual review of cold atoms and molecules. Volume 2 / Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Yiqiu Wang ; editors, Kirk W. Madison [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude, author.

Wang, Yiqiu, author.

Contributor:

Madison, Kirk W., editor.

Series:

Annual Review of Cold Atoms and Molecules

Annual Review of Cold Atoms and Molecules, 2315-4926 ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low temperatures.

Atoms.

Molecules.

Condensed matter.

Bose-Einstein condensation.

Quantum theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (433 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aim of this book is to present review articles describing the latest theoretical and experimental developments in the field of cold atoms and molecules. Our hope is that this series will promote research by both highlighting recent breakthroughs and by outlining some of the most promising research directions in the field. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Degenerate Quantum Gases of Strontium (918 KB). Contents: Degenerate Quantum Gases of Strontium; Fermi Gases with Synthetic Spin-Orbit Coupling; The Mott Transition in a Bose Gas Measured Through Time of Flight; One-dimensional Photonic Band

Contents:

CONTENTS; 1. Degenerate Quantum Gases of Strontium; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical Overview; 2.1. Laser cooling on the broad transition; 2.2. Laser cooling on the narrow transition; 2.3. Optical clocks; 2.4. Struggle to reach quantum degeneracy; 2.5. Photoassociation measurements; 2.6. Proposals for quantum many-body simulations; 3. Two-stage Laser Cooling; 3.1. The blue MOT; 3.2. Repumping; 3.2.1. General considerations; 3.2.2. Fermions; 3.2.3. Experimental parameters; 3.3. The red MOT; 3.3.1. Bosons; 3.3.2. Fermions; 3.4. Design and loading of the dipole trap

4. Photoassociation of Atomic Strontium4.1. One-color photoassociation; 4.2. Two-color photoassociation; 5. Bose-Einstein Condensation of Strontium; 5.1. Bose-Einstein condensation of 84Sr; 5.1.1. First attainment of BEC in strontium; 5.1.2. BECs of large atom number; 5.1.3. Short cycle times; 5.1.4. Laser cooling to quantum degeneracy; 5.2. Bose-Einstein condensation of 86Sr; 5.3. Bose-Einstein condensation of 88Sr; 5.4. Bose-Bose mixtures; 6. Spin State Control in 87Sr; 6.1. Optical Stern-Gerlach separation; 6.2. Experimental demonstration; 6.3. Spin-state dependent absorption imaging

6.4. Preparation of spin-state mixtures6.5. Determination of an upper bound of the spin-relaxation rate; 7. Degenerate Fermi Gases of 87Sr; 7.1. A degenerate Fermi gasof 10 spin states; 7.2. A degenerate Fermi gas of a single spin state; 7.3. Degenerate Fermi gases of arbitrary spin composition; 7.4. Bose-Fermi mixtures; 8. Optical Feshbach Resonances; 9. Strontium Atoms in a 3D Optical Lattice; 9.1. Superfluid-to-Mott insulator transition in 84Sr; 9.2. Fermions on a lattice; 9.3. A Mott-insulator with impurities; 10. Sr2 Molecules; 11. Outlook; Acknowledgments; References

2. Fermi Gases with Synthetic Spin-Orbit Coupling1. Introduction; 2. Theory of Spin-Orbit Coupled Fermi Gas; 2.1. Theoretical framework; 2.1.1. Functional path-integral approach; 2.1.2. Two-particle physics from the particle-particle vertex function; 2.1.3. Many-body T-matrix theory; 2.1.4. BdG equation for trapped Fermi systems; 2.1.5. Momentum- or spatially-resolved rf spectrum; 2.2. 1D equal-weight Rashba-Dresselhaus SOC; 2.2.1. Single-particle spectrum; 2.2.2. Two-body physics; 2.2.3. Momentum-resolved rf spectrum of the superfluid phase; 2.2.4. FF superfluidity

2.2.5. 1D topological superfluidity2.3. 2D Rashba SOC; 2.3.1. Single-particle spectrum; 2.3.2. Two-body physics; 2.3.3. Crossover to rashbon BEC and anisotropic superfluidity; 2.3.4. 2D Topological superfluidity; 3. Experiments; 3.1. The non-interacting spin-orbit coupled Fermi gas; 3.1.1. Rabi oscillation; 3.1.2. Momentum distribution; 3.1.3. Lifshitz transition; 3.1.4. Momentum-resolved rf spectrum; 3.2. The strongly interacting spin-orbit coupled Fermi gas; 3.2.1. Integrated rf spectrum; 3.2.2. Coherent formation of Feshbach molecules by SOC; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References

3. The Mott Transition in a Bose Gas Measured Through Time of Flight

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4590-17-7