Observation of Caustics in the Trajectories of Cold Atoms in a Linear Magnetic Potential

Details Observation of Caustics in the Trajectories of Cold Atoms in a Linear Magnetic Potential Observation of Caustics in the Trajectories of Cold Atoms in a Linear Magnetic Potential

2003-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0306040v1

Physical Review A68, 063412 (2003)

Physics

Atomic Physics

21 pages, incl. 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063412

We have studied the spatial and temporal dynamics of a cold atom cloud in the
conservative force field of a ferromagnetic guide, after laser cooling has been
switched off suddenly. We observe outgoing 'waves' that correspond to caustics
of individual trajectories of trapped atoms. This provides detailed information
on the magnetic field, the energy distribution and the spin states.

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