Bloch oscillations: atom optical interpretation, realizations, and applications

Preprint

5 June 1996

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.atom-ph/9606003

Abstract

The cyclic motion of particles in a periodic potential under the influence of a constant external force is analyzed in an atom optical approach based on Landau-Zener transitions between two resonant states. The resulting complex picture of population transfers can be interpreted in an intuitive diagrammatic way. The model is also applied to genuine atom optical systems and its applicability is discussed.

Keywords

OPTICAL INTERPRETATION
BLOCH OSCILLATIONS
PERIODIC POTENTIAL
CYCLIC MOTION
GENUINE ATOM
ATOM OPTICAL
INTUITIVE

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Version 1, 1996-06-05, ArXiv
Published version: Europhysics Letters, 36 (1), 43.

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