An Atom Laser Based on Raman Transitions

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  • 4 April 1996
Abstract
In this paper we present an atom laser scheme using a Raman transition for the output coupling of atoms. A beam of thermal atoms (bosons) in a metastable atomic state |1> are pumped into a multimode atomic cavity. This cavity is coupled through spontaneous emission to a single mode of another cavity for the ground atomic state, |2>. Above a certain threshold pumping rate a large number of atoms, N2, builds up in this single quantum state and transitions to the ground state of the cavity become enhanced by a factor (N2+1). Atoms in this state are then coupled to the outside of the cavity with a Raman transition. This changes the internal state of the atom and imparts a momentum kick, allowing the atoms to leave the system.

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