Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical, Physics, Volume 37 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Contributors 8
Chapter 1. Evanescent Light-Wave Atom Mirrors, Resonators, Waveguides, and Traps 10
I. Introduction 11
II. Atom Mirrors: A Brief Theoretical Review 19
III. Atom Resonators: Fabry-Pérot Type 32
IV. Atom Waveguides 48
V. Blue-Detuned Concave Atom Traps 68
VI. Red-Detuned Convex Atom Traps and Guides 84
VII. Conclusions and Summary 97
References 99
Chapter 2. Optical Lattices 104
I. Introduction 104
II. The 1D Lin - Lin Model System 106
III. Crystallography of Optical Lattices 113
IV. Laser Cooling in Optical Lattices: Theory 118
V. Spectroscopy 128
IV. New Developments 137
References 145
Chapter 3. Channeling Heavy Ions through Crystalline Lattices 148
I. Introduction 148
II. Channeling Trajectories and Interaction Potentials 153
III. Planar Channeling 154
IV. Axial Channeling 155
V. Experimental Methods 159
VI. Charge Changing Collisions 161
VII. Radiative Electron Capture 162
VIII. Electron Impact Ionization 167
IX. Dielectronic Excitation and Recombination and Resonant Transfer with Excitation 170
X. Resonant Coherent Excitation 175
References 185
Chapter 4. Evaporative Cooling of Trapped Atoms 190
I . Introduction 190
II. Theoretical Models for Evaporative Cooling 193
III. The Role of Collisions for Real Atoms 210
IV. Experimental Techniques 218
V. Summary of Evaporative Cooling Experiments 236
VI. Outlook 238
References 240
Chapter 5. Nonclassical States of Motion in Ion Traps 246
I. Introduction 247
II. Model 253
III. Sideband Cooling: Preparation in the Ground State 261
IV. Preparation of Fock States 267
V. Preparation of Squeezed States 283
VI. Preparation of Schrodinger Cat States 287
VII. Analysis of the Nonclassical States of Motion 292
VIII. Conclusions 301
References 301
Chapter 6. The Physics of Highly Charged Heavy Ions Revealed by Storage / Cooler Rings 306
I . Introduction 306
II. The Physics of Highly Charged Heavy Ions 309
III. Storage and Cooler Rings for Heavy Ions 325
IV. Charge Changing Processes 341
V. Atomic Structure Studies 357
VI. Future Developments 371
References 374
Subject Index 380
Contents of Volumes in This Serial 388