Phase-space description of the magneto-optical trap

Romain, Rudy; Hennequin, Daniel; Verkerk, Philippe

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1140/epjd/e2010-00260-y

Title :

Phase-space description of the magneto-optical trap

Author(s) :

Romain, Rudy [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Hennequin, Daniel [Auteur]

Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]
Verkerk, Philippe [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523 [PhLAM]

Journal title :

The European Physical Journal D : Atomic, molecular, optical and plasma physics

Pages :

171-180

Publisher :

EDP Sciences

Publication date :

2011-01

ISSN :

1434-6060

HAL domain(s) :

Physique [physics]/Physique [physics]/Physique Atomique [physics.atom-ph]

English abstract : [en]

An exhaustive kinetic model for the atoms in a 1D Magneto-Optical Trap is derived, without any approximations. It is shown that the atomic density is described by a Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation, coupled with two simple ...
Show more >An exhaustive kinetic model for the atoms in a 1D Magneto-Optical Trap is derived, without any approximations. It is shown that the atomic density is described by a Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation, coupled with two simple differential equations describing the trap beam propagation. The analogy of such a system with plasmas is discussed. This set of equations is then simplified through some approximations, and it is shown that corrective terms have to be added to the models usually used in this context.Show less >

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Anglais

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