Trapped delta-kick collimation in painted optical potentials

ORAL

Abstract

Atom interferometers precision depends on the center-of-mass motion and the expansion rate of the atomic ensemble. By reducing the latter, systematic effects, e.g. through wavefront aberration, can be lowered. In our setup we utilize a dynamic time averaged optical dipole trap, generated by spatial modulation of the trapping beams in the horizontal plane. Via evaporation we produce Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) of $2\times10^5$ condensed atoms with an effective temperature of about $30$nK after $3$s. Subsequently we carry out delta-kick collimation (DKC), performed in a trapped scheme. Contrary to pulsed DKC, we relax the trap confinement and release the atoms from the final trap at the minimum of their kinetic expansion. DKC can be performed at any stage of evaporative cooling, thus short-cutting the generation of ultra-cold radial expansion temperatures. In this talk we will show the results of fast BEC production and discuss the DKC results as well as limitations and the perspective of generating up to $10^6$ delta-kicked condensed atoms within $1$s.

*This work is funded by the DLR with funds provided by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) under grant number DLR 50 WM 1641 (PRIMUS), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) through the funding program Photonics Research Germany (contract number 13N14875), and the DFG under Germany's Excellence Strategy (EXC 2123) "QuantumFrontiers".

Authors

  • Henning Albers

    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics
  • Alexander Herbst

    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics
  • Ashwin Rajagopalan

    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics
  • Wolfgang Ertmer

    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics
  • Ernst Maria Rasel

    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics
  • Dennis Schlippert

    • Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics