From single to many atoms in a microscopic optical dipole trap
This thesis focuses on the manipulation of rubidium 87 atoms in a microscopic optical dipole trap. The experiments are performed in various regimes where the number of atoms in the microscopic trap ranges from exactly one atom to several thousands on average.The single atom regime allows us to calib...
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Université Paris Sud - Paris XI
2011
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| Online Access: | http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00655970 http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/67/13/39/PDF/VA_Fuhrmanek_andreas_23092011.pdf |