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Treutlein, Philipp. "Coherent manipulation of ultracold atoms on atom chips." Diss., kostenfrei, 2008. http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9153/.
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Szmuk, Ramon. "Atom chips for metrology." Thesis, Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066089/document.
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Cette thèse porte sur deux sujets principaux: l'évaluation de la stabilité d'une horloge sur microcircuit utilisant des atomes piégés (Trapped Atom Clock on a Chip - TACC) et l'extension de cette technologie vers la réalisation d'un interféromètre atomique sur la même puce. Cette combinaison constitue la base pour la réalisation de capteurs inertiels intégrés pour la navigation. Des travaux antérieurs ont installé l'horloge et ont découvert, entre autres, des temps de cohérence très longs, qui permettent une interrogation Ramsey jusqu'à 5 s, une condition préalable pour le fonctionnement à grande stabilité. Je présente ici la première évaluation approfondie de la stabilité de l'horloge. Avec mon prédécesseur, nous avons démontré les fluctuations de fréquences relatives de 5.8 10-13 à 1 s intégrant jusqu'à 6 10-15 à 30000 s.La deuxième partie de cette thèse vise à étendre la polyvalence de notre puce atomique pour créer un interféromètre. J'ai étudié divers régimes d'interféromètres en utilisant des potentiels habillés par microondes. Le premier régime consiste à déplacer l'un des états d'horloge verticalement pendant une séquence d'horloge Ramsey. Ceci permet la mesure de gradients de potentiel en exploitant la différence de fréquences entre les deux états. Le second régime utilise des champs microondes pour générer un potentiel de double puits dans l'un des états d'horloge et un seul puits dans l'autre.À partir du seul puits, un pulse-π sur la transition d'horloge constitue la séparatrice de l'interféromètre et conduit une séparation spatiale tout en préservant le même état interne pour les deux bras de l'interféromètreThis thesis covers two main subjects: the evaluation of the stability of a Trapped Atom Clock on a Chip (TACC) and the expansion of this technology towards creating an atom interferometer on the same chip. The combination of a clock and an interferometer on the same chip constitutes the basis for the realization of atom-based integrated inertial navigation units. Previous work installed the clock operation and discovered, among others, very long coherence times, which allow Ramsey interrogations of up to 5 s, a prerequisite for high stability operation. I present the first thorough evaluation of the clock stability. Together with my predecessor we have demonstrated relative frequency fluctuations of 5.8 10-13 at 1 s integrating down to 6 10-15 at 30,000 s. The second part of this thesis aims to expand the versatility of our atom chip to create an atom interferometer. I have studied various interferometer schemes using microwave dressed potentials and implemented these to the set-up. The first scheme, following work by P. Treutlein et al., involves displacing one of the clock states vertically during a Ramsey clock sequence thereby allowing the measurement of potential gradients by exploiting the differential frequency shift accumulated between the two states. Ramsey fringes where recorded for different durations of the splitting, resulting in a clear signal of the wavepacket separation. The second scheme uses microwave dressing to generate a double well potential in one of the clock states and a single well in the other. Starting in the single well, a π-pulse on the clock transition constitutes the beam splitter and leads to a spatial separation for the same internal state
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Trupke, Michael. "Microcavities for atom chips." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.491114.
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This thesis describes the development and implementation of fibre-coupled, micron-scale optical resonators for the detection and manipulation of neutral atoms. The resonators are intended for integration with atom chips. The latter are microfabricated devices which enable the cooling, trapping, gUiding and manipulation of atoms by means of optical, magnetic and electric fields. The fields are generated in part using micro-fabricated features on the surface of the chips. Optical cavities are among the most important tools in the study of the interactions between light and matter. They allow the observation of fundamental processes in quantum optics, based on the enhanced coupling of atomic transitions to light fields. Our resonators have mode volumes which are two orders of magnitude smaller than those used in typical cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments. Together with their high quality factors, this leads to large enhancement factors, rendering them ideal for the detection and manipulation of atoms on chips. They are scalable and directly fibre-coupled, both of which are qualities of interest for their implementation in quantum information-processing applications. In the thesis, the optical characteristics of the resonators are explained, as well as the basic principles of the interaction of atoms with their light field. The setup used for the test implementation of the devices is presented, together with early experimental results. These include the detection of atoms via their effect on the cavity reflection spectrum, and the detection of enhanced atomic fluorescence into the cavity mode. The thesis concludes with an outlook on further experimentation, possible improvements of the devices themselves, and a view on their integration with existing atom chip technology.
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Aldous, Matthew Ralph Edward. "Enabling technologies for integrated atom chips." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/418002/.
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The confinement and control of atomic clouds, at temperatures measured in nanokelvin, has become a valuable tool for physicists. As a source of new physics, development ofcooling techniques has led to innovative new ways to probe the nature of reality. Of particular note are experiments carried out on new and exotic states of matter such as the Bose-Einstein condensate, unseen before the advent of these techniques. Likewise,the potential for applications outside of the lab is extensive and encompasses navigation,timekeeping, quantum communication and quantum computing. Manipulating cold atoms in the presence of a so-called ‘atom chip’ (a millimetre-scale electronic device) is currently considered the future of miniaturising these experiments and measurements,but since they still require precisely locked and stabilised lasers and predominantly must take place in the ultra-high vacuum regime, quantum control relies on an extensive and well-established infrastructure of optics, electronics, vacuum chambers and pumps. This encumbrance has slowed down the transition from chip-in-a-lab experiments to lab-on-a-chip technologies. This thesis is an account of work carried out in the development of enabling technologies which will accelerate this transition, including details of prototype devices made using established semiconductor and MEMS planar fabrication techniques. The construction and testing of an apparatus for anodically and eutectically bonding die-scale samples in ultra-high vacuum is described, along with an analysis and characterisation of some of its products.
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Pollock, Samuel. "Integrated magneto-optical traps for atom chips." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/11271.
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Retter, Jocelyn Anna. "Cold atom microtraps above a videotape surface." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270319.
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Helsby, Stephen John. "The integration of fibre optics for atom chips." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2008. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/63326/.
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This thesis reports on the progress made towards the integration of fibre optics components for the atom chip, a device developed to manipulate matter on the atomic scale for the purpose of quantum information processing, novel applications, and fundamental research. Following in the direction of the electronics industry, miniaturisation has resulted in exquisite control of cold atoms above surfaces, allowing the vision of a matter wave toolbox to come closer to fruition. However, although the size of the components necessary for guiding atoms via magnetic or electrostatic fields has been greatly reduced, there is still a need to scale down the optical components. The development of these cavities is detailed in this thesis, from early use of evaporated gold coated mirrors to the fully integral solution of photorefractive Bragg gratings. In addition to a thorough analysis of the optical properties of these fibre gap cavities, experimental results indicate that these gap cavity devices can be constructed with the sensitivity necessary for single atom detection.
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Whitlock, Shannon, and n/a. "Bose-Einstein condensates on a magnetic film atom chip." Swinburne University of Technology, 2007. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20070613.172308.
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Atom chips are devices used to magnetically trap and manipulate ultracold atoms
and Bose-Einstein condensates near a surface. In particular, permanent magnetic film
atom chips can allow very tight confinement and intricate magnetic field designs while
circumventing technical current noise. Research described in this thesis is focused
on the development of a magnetic film atom chip, the production of Bose-Einstein
condensates near the film surface, the characterisation of the associated magnetic
potentials using rf spectroscopy of ultracold atoms and the realisation of a precision
sensor based on splitting Bose-Einstein condensates in a double-well potential.
The atom chip itself combines the edge of a perpendicularly magnetised GdTbFeCo
film with a machined silver wire structure. A mirror magneto-optical trap collects
up to 5 x 108 87Rb atoms beneath the chip surface. The current-carrying wires
are then used to transfer the cloud of atoms to the magnetic film microtrap and
radio frequency evaporative cooling is applied to produce Bose-Einstein condensates
consisting of 1 x 105 atoms.
We have identified small spatial magnetic field variations near the film surface that
fragment the ultracold atom cloud. These variations originate from inhomogeneity in
the film magnetisation and are characterised using a novel technique based on spatially
resolved radio frequency spectroscopy of the atoms to map the magnetic field landscape
over a large area. The observations agree with an analytic model for the spatial decay
of random magnetic fields from the film surface.
Bose-Einstein condensates in our unique potential landscape have been used as a
precision sensor for potential gradients. We transfer the atoms to the central region
of the chip which produces a double-well potential. A single BEC is formed far from
the surface and is then dynamically split in two by moving the trap closer to the
surface. After splitting, the population of atoms in each well is extremely sensitive to
the asymmetry of the potential and can be used to sense tiny magnetic field gradients
or changes in gravity on a small spatial scale.
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Zhang, Bo. "Magnetic fields near microstructured surfaces : application to atom chips." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2008. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/2898/.
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Microfabricated solid-state surfaces, also called atom chip', have become a well-established technique to trap and manipulate atoms. This has simplified applications in atom interferometry, quantum information processing, and studies of many-body systems. Magnetic trapping potentials with arbitrary geommetries are generated with atom chip by miniaturized current-carrying conductors integrated on a solid substrate. Atoms can be trapped and cooled to microKelvin and even nanoKelvin temperatures in such microchip trap. However, cold atoms can be significantly perturbed by the chip surface, typically held at room temperature. The magnetic field fluctuations generated by thermal currents in the chip elements may induce spin flips of atoms and result in loss, heating and decoherence. In this thesis, we extend previous work on spin flip rates induced by magnetic noise and consider the more complex geometries that are typically encountered in atom chips: layered structures and metallic wires of finite cross-section. We also discuss a few aspects of atom chips traps built with superconducting structures that have been suggested as a means to suppress magnetic field fluctuations. The thesis describes calculations of spin flip rates based on magnetic Green functions that are computed analytically and numerically. For a chip with a top metallic layer, the magnetic noise depends essentially on the thickness of that layer, as long as the layers below have a much smaller conductivity. Based on this result, scaling laws for loss rates above a thin metallic layer are derived. A good agreement with experiments is obtained in the regime where the atom-surface distance is comparable to the skin depth of metal.
Since in the experiments, metallic layers are always etched to separate wires carrying different currents, the impact of the finite lateral wire size on the magnetic noise has been taken into account. The local spectrum of the magnetic field near a metallic microstructure has been investigated numerically with the help of boundary integral equations. The magnetic noise significantly depends on polarizations above flat wires with finite lateral width, in stark contrast to an infinitely wide wire. Correlations between multiple wires are also taken into account. In the last part, superconducting atom chips are considered. Magnetic traps generated by superconducting wires in the Meissner state and the mixed state are studied analytically by a conformal mapping method and also numerically. The properties of the traps created by superconducting wires are investigated and compared to normal conducting wires: they behave qualitatively quite similar and open a route to further trap miniaturization, due to the advantage of low magnetic noise. We discuss critical currents and fields for several geometries.Mikrotechnologische Oberflächen, sogenannte Atomchips, sind eine etablierte Methode zum Speichern und Manipulieren von Atomen geworden. Das hat Anwendungen in der Atom-Interferometrie, Quanteninformationsverarbeitung und Vielteilchensystemen vereinfacht. Magnetische Fallenpotentiale mit beliebigen Geometrien werden durch Atomchips mit miniaturisierten stromführenden Leiterbahnen auf einer Festkörperunterlage realisiert. Atome können bei Temperaturen im $mu$ K oder sogar nK-Bereich in einer solchen Falle gespeichert und gekühlt werden. Allerdings können kalte Atome signifikant durch die Chip-Oberfläche gestört werden, die sich typischerweise auf Raumtemperatur befindet. Die durch thermische Ströme im Chip erzeugten magnetischen Feldfluktuationen können Spin-Flips der Atome induzieren und Verlust, Erwärmung und Dekohärenz zur Folge haben. In dieser Dissertation erweitern wir frühere Arbeiten über durch magnetisches Rauschen induzierte Spin-Flip-Ratenund betrachten kompliziertere Geometrien, wie sie typischerweise auf einem Atom-Chip anzutreffen sind: Geschichtete Strukturen und metallische Leitungen mit endlichem Querschnitt. Wir diskutieren auch einige Aspekte von Aomchips aus Supraleitenden Strukturen die als Mittel zur Unterdrückung magnetischer Feldfluktuationen vorgeschlagen wurden. Die Arbeit beschreibt analytische und numerische Rechnungen von Spin-Flip Raten auf Grundlage magnetischer Greensfunktionen. Für einen Chip mit einem metallischen Top-Layer hängt das magnetische Rauschen hauptsächlich von der Dicke des Layers ab, solange die unteren Layer eine deutlich kleinere Leitfähigkeit haben. Auf Grundlage dieses Ergebnisses werden Skalengesetze für Verlustraten über einem dünnen metallischen Leiter hergeleitet. Eine gute Übereinstimmung mit Experimenten wird in dem Bereich erreicht, wo der Abstand zwischen Atom und Oberfläche in der Größenordnung der Eindringtiefe des Metalls ist. Da in Experimenten metallische Layer immer geätzt werden, um verschiedene stromleitende Bahnen vonenander zu trennen, wurde der Einfluß eines endlichen Querschnittsauf das magnetische Rauschen berücksichtigt. Das lokale Spektrum des magnetischen Feldes in der Nähe einer metallischen Mikrostruktur wurde mit Hilfe von Randintegralen numerisch untersucht. Das magnetische Rauschen hängt signifikant von der Polarisierung über flachen Leiterbahnen mit endlichem Querschnitt ab, im Unterschied zu einem unendlich breiten Leiter. Es wurden auch Korrelationen zwischen mehreren Leitern berücksichtigt. Im letzten Teil werden supraleitende Atomchips betrachtet. Magnetische Fallen, die von supraleitenden Bahnen im Meissner Zustand und im gemischten Zustand sind werden analytisch durch die Methode der konformen Abbildung und numerisch untersucht. Die Eigenschaften der durch supraleitende Bahnen erzeugten Fallen werden erforscht und mit normal leitenden verglichen: Sie verhalten sich qualitativ sehr ähnlich und öffnen einen Weg zur weiteren Miniaturisierung von Fallen, wegen dem Vorteil von geringem magnetischem Rauschen. Wir diskutieren kritische Ströme und Felder für einige Geometrien.
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Rushton, Joseph. "A novel magneto-optical trap for integrated atom chips." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2015. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/382951/.
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This thesis describes the design and construction of a new magneto optical trap that is suitable for use in integrated atom chips and other vacuum systems in which optical access is limited to a single window. The trap design relies on the switching of optical and magnetic fields and can operate at frequencies at least within the region of 1 kHz to 60 kHz. The design does not need patterned surfaces in order to generate the necessary beam geometry, requiring only the use of a single, standard mirror. Early temperature measurements have indicated that the trap may be capable of sub-Doppler cooling, and that it is able to capture on the order of 1:7 � 106 atoms in a capture volume of 0:18 cm3.
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Ramirez-Martinez, Fernando. "Integration of optical components and magnetic field sources in atom chips." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511289.
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Haakh, Harald Richard. "Fluctuation-mediated interactions of atoms and surfaces on a mesoscopic scale." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2012/6181/.
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Thermal and quantum fluctuations of the electromagnetic near field of atoms and macroscopic bodies play a key role in quantum electrodynamics (QED), as in the Lamb shift. They lead, e.g., to atomic level shifts, dispersion interactions (Van der Waals-Casimir-Polder interactions), and state broadening (Purcell effect) because the field is subject to boundary conditions. Such effects can be observed with high precision on the mesoscopic scale which can be accessed in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and solid-state-based magnetic microtraps for cold atoms (‘atom chips’).
A quantum field theory of atoms (molecules) and photons is adapted to nonequilibrium situations. Atoms and photons are described as fully quantized while macroscopic bodies can be included in terms of classical reflection amplitudes, similar to the scattering approach of cavity QED. The formalism is applied to the study of nonequilibrium two-body potentials. We then investigate the impact of the material properties of metals on the electromagnetic surface noise, with applications to atomic trapping
in atom-chip setups and quantum computing, and on the magnetic dipole contribution to the Van der Waals-Casimir-Polder potential in and out of thermal equilibrium. In both cases, the particular properties of superconductors are of high interest. Surface-mode contributions, which dominate the near-field fluctuations, are discussed in the context of the (partial) dynamic atomic dressing after a rapid change of a system parameter and in the Casimir interaction between two conducting plates, where nonequilibrium configurations can give rise to repulsion.Thermische und Quantenfluktuationen des elektromagnetischen Nahfelds von Atomen und makroskopischen Körpern spielen eine Schlüsselrolle in der Quantenelektrodynamik (QED), wie etwa beim Lamb-Shift. Sie führen z.B. zur Verschiebung atomarer Energieniveaus, Dispersionswechselwirkungen (Van der Waals-Casimir-Polder-Wechselwirkungen) und Zustandsverbreiterungen (Purcell-Effekt), da das Feld Randbedingungen unterliegt. Mikroelektromechanische Systeme (MEMS) und festkörperbasierte magnetische Fallen für kalte Atome (‘Atom-Chips’) ermöglichen den Zugang zu mesoskopischen Skalen, auf denen solche Effekte mit hoher Genauigkeit beobachtet werden können. Eine Quantenfeldtheorie für Atome (Moleküle) und Photonen wird an Nichtgleichgewichtssituationen angepasst. Atome und Photonen werden durch vollständig quantisierte Felder beschrieben, während die Beschreibung makroskopischer Körper, ähnlich wie im Streuformalismus (scattering approach) der Resonator-QED, durch klassische Streuamplituden erfolgt. In diesem Formalismus wird das Nichtgleich- gewichts-Zweiteilchenpotential diskutiert. Anschließend wird der Einfluss der Materialeigenschaften von normalen Metallen auf das elektromagnetische Oberflächenrauschen, das für magnetische Fallen für kalte Atome auf Atom-Chips und für Quantencomputer-Anwendungen von Bedeutung ist, sowie auf den Beitrag des magnetischen Dipolmoments zum Van der Waals-Casimir-Polder-Potential im thermisch- en Gleichgewicht und in Nichtgleichgewichtssituationen untersucht. In beiden Fällen sind die speziellen Eigenschaften von Supraleitern von besonderem Interesse. Beiträge von Oberflächenmoden, die die Feldfluktuationen im Nahfeld dominieren, werden im Kontext des (partiellen) dynamischen Dressing nach einer raschen Änderung eines Systemparameters sowie für die Casimir-Wechselwirkung zweier metallischer Platten diskutiert, zwischen denen in Nichtgleichgewichtssituationen Abstoßung auftreten kann.
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Popp, Manuel André [Verfasser]. "Compact, low-noise current drivers for quantum sensors with atom chips / Manuel André Popp." Hannover : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1167440722/34.
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Chuang, Ho-Chiao. "Design, fabrication and characterization of tunable external cavity diode laser and atom trapping chips for atomic physics." Connect to online resource, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3337081.
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Schumm, Thorsten. "Bose-Einstein condensates in magnetic double well potentials." Phd thesis, Université Paris Sud - Paris XI, 2006. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00129501.
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Ce manuscrit présente deux réalisations d'un double puit magnétique pour des condensats de Bose-Einstein (CBE) sure une puce atomique. Une approche utilise des pièges statiques, crées par des micro fils (en amènent ?) manipulant les atomes proche a la surface de la puce. Comme dans toute manipes, on observe une fragmentation du nuage atomique, quand on approche les atomes vers la structure piégeant. Cet effet était expliqué par une déviation du courant dans le fil à cause d'une rugosité des bords. Pour éviter la fragmentation, une nouvelle technique de fabrication (lithographie a faisceaux a électrons, évaporation d'or) a été utilisé pour créer des fils d'un section de 700nm et une qualité amélioré. Un CBE a été crée et chargé dans le double puit généré par la nano structure. On a testé le double puit comme séparatrice avec des atomes thermiques. Des nombreuses problèmes techniques nous empêchent pour le moment d'effectuer la manip avec un CBE.La deuxième approche poursuit dans cette thèse combine des pièges magnétique statique avec un champ (RF) magnétique alternant et génère un double puit dans le potentiel habillé. Car ce schéma peut être réalisé loin de la surface de la puce, la fragmentation n'apparaisse pas et on a pu séparer un CBE en deux. Une interféromètre d'ondes a matière est réalisé en recombinant les deux nuages en expansion libre. La figure d'interférence permet de mesurer la phase relative, on trouve une distribution étroite de cette phase et donc la séparation est cohérente. L'évolution de la phase relative est mesurée pendant et après la séparation et contrôlé par déséquilibrant le double puit.
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Lewis, Gareth Neil. "Towards an integrated atom chip." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/66601/.
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The field of atom chips is a relatively new area of research which is rapidly becoming of great interest to the scientific community. It started out as a small branch of cold atom physics which has quickly grown into a multidisciplinary subject. It now encompasses topics from fundamental atomic and quantum theory, optics and laser science, to the engineering of ultra sensitive sensors. In this thesis the first steps are taken towards a truly integrated atom chip device for real world applications. Multiple devices are presented that allow the trapping, cooling, manipulation and counting of atoms. Each device presents a new component required for the integration and miniaturisation of atom chips into a single device, capable of being used as a sensor. Initially, a wire trap was created capable of trapping and splitting a cloud of BoseEinstein condensate (BEC) for use in atom interferometry. Using this chip a BEC has been successfully created, trapped and coherent splitting of this cloud has been achieved. Subsequently, the integration and simplification of the initial trapping process was approached. In all the experiments to date, atoms are initially collected from a warm vapour by a magneto-optical trap (MOT). This thesis presents a new approach in which microscopic pyramidal MOTs’ are integrated into the chip itself. This greatly reduces the number of optical components and helps to simplify the process significantly. Also presented is a method for creating a planar-concave micro-cavity capable of single atom detection. One such cavity consists of a concave mirror fabricated in silicon and the planar tip of an optical fibre. The performance of the resonators is highly dependent on the surface roughness and shape profile of the concave mirrors therefore a detailed study into the fabrication technique and its effects on these parameters was undertaken. Using such cavities single atom detection has been shown to be possible. These cavities have also been sccessfully integrated into an atom wire guide. Finally a co-sputtered amorphous silicon/titanium (a-Si/Ti) nanocomposite material was created and studied for its use as a novel structural material. This material is potentially suitable for integrated circuitry (IC)/Micro-electromechanical- systems (MEMS) integration. The material’s electrical and structural properties were investigated and initial results suggest that a-Si/Ti has the potential to be a compelling structural material for future IC/MEMS integration. To build all of these devices, a full range of standard microfabrication techniques was necessary as well as some non standard processes that required considerable process development such as the electrochemical deposition. This thesis presents a tool box of fabrication techniques for creating various components capable of different tasks that can be integrated into a single device. Each component has been successfully demonstrated in laboratory conditions. This represents a significant step toward a real world atom chip device.
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Riedel, Max. "Multi-particle entanglement on an atom chip." Diss., lmu, 2010. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-126195.
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Sewell, Rob. "Matter wave interference on an atom chip." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504912.
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Jones, M. P. A. "Bose Einstein condensation on an atom chip." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270728.
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Gehr, Roger Peter. "Cavity based high-fidelity and non-destructive single atom detection on an atom chip." Paris 6, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA066087.
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Dans ce mémoire, nous démontrons la préparation et la détection d’atomes uniques sur une puce à atomes. Nous préparons un atome unique de Rubidium couplé fortement à un résonateur optique de haute finesse intégrée à la puce à atomes. L’atome est extrait d’un condensat de Bose-Einstein et piégé à une position de couplage maximum au résonateur. Nous mesurons le spectre du système couplé et démontrons qu’il se situe dans le régime de couplage fort d’électrodynamique quantique. Ceci nous permet d’utiliser la transmission et la réflexion du résonateur pour déduire l’état hyperfine de l’atome piégé. Nous obtenons une fidélité de détection de 99. 93% avec un temps de détection de 100 microsecondes. L’atome reste piégé pendant la détection. Cette performance est comparable aux expériences d’ions piégés et est compatible avec des techniques de correction d’erreurs dans le cadre de l’information quantique. Nous mesurons également le taux de diffusion de photons pendant la détection, et démontrons que nous détectons l’état interne de l’atome avec une erreur inférieure à 10% en diffusant moins de 0. 2 photons en moyenne. Pour conclure la caractérisation du processus de détection, nous analysons la projection de l’état atomique due à la mesure en effectuant une expérience de type Zeno quantique. Nous démontrons que chaque photon incident sur la cavité réduit la cohérence de l’état atomique d’un facteur de 0. 7. La détection présentée est donc proche de l’exemple type d’une mesure projective d’un system quantique à deux niveaux
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Ferreras, Jorge. "One-dimensional Bose gases on an atom chip." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53074/.
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Ultracold atomic gases have proven to be an excellent tool for research in quantum systems. A Bose gas can be trapped on an atom chip using very well defined and tunable spatially-dependent potentials. The proximity of the atoms to the chip permits the use of low currents allowing for highly accurate temporal changes. Excellent experimental apparatus is needed to achieve Bose-Einstein condensation with a sufficient atom number to study low-dimensional physics. The setup described in this document utilises a set of current-carrying structures on top of which an atom chip sits. For improved atom loading rate, a two-dimensional loading stage was added, extending the lifetime of the magnetic trap. From this loading stage to the atom chip, Bose-Einstein condensation of 105 Rubidium-87 atoms was achieved in less than 30 s, allowing for a large rate of experimental cycles. The high spatial and temporal tunability of this setup results in the ability to split the atomic cloud and quench the trapping potential geometry. Maximising the ratio between trapping frequencies for different spatial directions leads to the system presenting features of a one-dimensional gas. Manipulating the coherence dynamics of a one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate creates fluctuations in the phase properties of the wavefunction. These fluctuations are observed as atom density perturbations after releasing the trapping potentials, and are a tool for temperature measurements. When the cloud of atoms is positioned at a few tens of micrometres from the surface of the atom chip, corrugations in the microstructures of the chip affect the trapping potentials at very low temperatures 1 μK. This effect is simulated and quantified in the thesis, with the aim of improving future setups. Additionally, the effect is explored for microscopy purposes. The behaviour of a Bose-Einstein condensate, especially the expansion rate, has long been studied. In this thesis, the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation is introduced, finding its numerical solutions to the two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms, using the Split-Step Fourier Method. The results show very good agreement with the experimental results, as well as with other well- established theories of condensates. The creation of such a toolbox opens up the opportunity to further investigate the coherence dynamics of low-dimensional systems.
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Nguyen, Thanh Long. "Study of dipole-dipole interaction between Rydberg atoms : toward quantum simulation with Rydberg atoms." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066695/document.
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La simulation quantique offre un moyen très prometteur pour comprendre les systèmes quantiques corrélés macroscopiques. De nombreuses plateformes expérimentales sont en cours d'élaboration. Les atomes de Rydberg sont particulièrement intéressants grâce à leur forte interaction dipolaire de cours portée. Dans notre manip, nous préparons et manipulons des ensembles d'atomes de Rydberg excités à partir d'un nuage atomique ultra-froid piégé magnétiquement sur une puce à atome supraconductrice. La dynamique de l'excitation est contrôlée par le processus d'excitation du laser. Le spectre d'énergie d'interaction atomique des N corps est mesuré directment par spectroscopie micro-onde. Dans cette thèse, nous développons un modèle Monte Carlo rigoureux qui nous éclaire sur le processus d'excitation. En utilisant ce modèle, nous discutons de la possibilité de réaliser des simulations quantiques du transport d'énergie sur une chaîne 1D d'atomes de Rydberg de faible moment angulaire. De plus, nous proposons une plateforme innovante pour la réalisation de simulations quantiques. Elle repose sur une approche révolutionnaire basée sur un ensemble d'atomes de Rydberg dont le temps de vie est extrêmement long, qui interagissent fortement et qui sont piégés par laser. Nous présentons les résultats de simulations numériques et nous discutons du large éventail de problèmes qui peuvent être traités avec le modèle proposéQuantum simulation offers a highly promising way to understand large correlated quantum systems, and many experimental platforms are now being developed. Rydberg atoms are especially appealing thanks to their strong and short-range dipole-dipole interaction. In our setup, we prepare and manipulate ensembles of Rydberg atoms excited from an ultracold atomic cloud magnetically trapped above a superconducting chip. The dynamics of the Rydberg excitation can be controlled through the laser excitation process. The many-body atomic interaction energy spectrum is then directly measured through microwave spectroscopy. This thesis develops a rigorous Monte Carlo model that provides an insight into the excitation process. Using this model, we discuss a possibility to explore quantum simulations of energy transport in a 1D chain of low angular momentum Rydberg atoms. Furthermore, we propose an innovative platform for quantum simulations. It relies on a groundbreaking approach, based on laser-trapped ensemble of extremely long-lived, strongly interacting circular Rydberg atoms. We present intensive numerical results as well as discuss a wide range of problems that can be addressed with the proposed model
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Abend, Sven [Verfasser]. "Atom-chip gravimeter with Bose-Einstein condensates / Sven Abend." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2017. http://d-nb.info/1145161693/34.
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Whitlock, Shannon. "Bose-Einstein condensates on a magnetic film atom chip." Australasian Digital Thesis Program, 2007. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au/public/adt-VSWT20070613.172308/index.html.
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Thesis (PhD) - Swinburne University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, 2007.A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2007. Typescript. Bibliography: p. 107-118.
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Du, Shengwang. "Atom-chip Bose-Einstein condensation in a portable vacuum cell." Diss., Connect to online resource, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3165812.
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Matthias, Jonas [Verfasser]. "Magnetic trapping for an atom-chip-based gravimeter / Jonas Matthias." Hannover : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1221270087/34.
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Bade, Satyanarayana. "Propagation of atoms in a magnetic waveguide on a chip." Thesis, Paris 6, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA066718/document.
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Dans cette thèse, nous étudions la propagation des atomes dans un guide magnétique toroïdal, dans le but de développer un capteur inertiel. Ici, nous présentons différentes stratégies pour créer un guide sur une puce atomique pour un interférometre Sagnac atomique guidé. Nous avons mis au point trois solutions qui peuvent être realisé avec la même configuration des fils. Ils utilise la technique de modulation de courant avec un nouveau point de vue qui traite simultanément la problème de rugosité des fils et les pertes de Majorana dépendant du spin. L'effect de la propagation multimode des atomes dan le guide est aussi quantifié dans cette thèse. En utilisant un modèle simple, nous avons couvert les cas de la propagation de gaz non interactif ultra froids et thermique. Nous avons identifié les conditions operationelles pour realiser un interferometre à atomes froids avec une grande gamme dynamique, essentielle pour les application en navigation inertielle. Expérimentalement, cette thèse decrit la réalisation et la characterisation de la source atomes froids proche d'un substrat avec un dépôt d'or, ainsi que l'implémentation et la caracterisation des systèmes de détectionIn this thesis we study the propagation of atoms in a magnetic toroidal waveguide, with the aim of developing an inertial sensor. Here, we present different strategies to create the waveguide on an atom chip for a guided Sagnac atom interferometer. We devised three solutions which can be achieved using the same wire configuration. They use the current modulation technique, from a new point of view, which simultaneously tackles the problem of wire corrugation and spin dependent Majorana atom losses. The effect of the multimode propagation of the atoms in the guide is also quantified in this thesis. Using a simple model, we covered the propagation of noninteracting ultracold and thermal gases. We identified the operating conditions to realize a cold atom interferometer with a large dynamic range essential for applications in inertial navigation. Experimentally, the thesis describes the realisation and characterisation of the cold atom source close to a gold coated substrate, as well as the implementation and the characterisation of the atom detection systems
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Ammar, Mahdi. "Design and Study of Microwave Potentials for Interferometry with Thermal Atoms On a Chip." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066532/document.
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Dans cette thèse, nous présentons l'étude théorique d'un interféromètre atomique utilisant des atomes thermiques (i.e. non condensés) piégés sur une puce, avec des effets de champ moyen réduits. Afin de maintenir un niveau adéquat de cohérence, un haut degré de symétrie entre les deux bras d'un tel interféromètre est nécessaire. Pour atteindre cet objectif, nous décrivons un protocole expérimental basé sur l'utilisation des micro-ondes en champ proche générés par deux guides d'ondes coplanaires transportant des courants oscillants à des fréquences différentes. Nous étudions principalement deux configurations symétriques pour réaliser une séparatrice atomique, soit le long de l'axe longitudinal soit le long de l'axe transversal du piège magnétique statique.Dans le cas d'une séparation transversale des atomes, nous discutons la nécessité d'utiliser un micro-piège sur-mesure qui possède une structure de champ similaire à celle d'un Ioffe Prichard macroscopique et nous proposons une conception concrète d'un tel micro-piège. Dans le cas d'une séparation axiale des atomes, nous étudions certains facteurs physiques qui limitent les performances ultimes de cet interféromètre tels que : la dissymétrie des potentiels, l'effet des fluctuations des champs statiques et micro-ondes, et la stabilité du signal gravitationnel de l'interféromètre. Nous utilisons un modèle harmonique unidimensionnel simplifié pour décrire la chute du contraste de l'interféromètre. Enfin, nous envisageons la possibilité d'une séparation et d'une recombinaison atomique non-adiabatique sans chauffage vibrationnel en concevant des trajectoires appropriées des potentiels de piégeagesIn this thesis, we report the theoretical study of an atom interferometer using thermal (i.e. non condensed) atoms trapped on a chip, with reduced mean-field effects. To keep an adequate level of coherence, a high level of symmetry between the arms of such an interferometer is required. To achieve this goal, we describe an experimental protocol based on microwave near-fields created by two coplanar waveguides carrying currents oscillating at different frequencies. This method enables the creation of two symmetrical microwave potentials that depend on the atomic internal state, and allows a state-selective symmetrical splitting of the atoms. We mainly consider two symmetrical configurations to separate the atoms either along the longitudinal axis or along the transverse axis of the static magnetic trap. In the case of a transverse splitting of the atoms, we discuss the advantages of using a custom microtrap that has the same field structure as a standard macroscopic Ioffe Pritchard trap, and we propose a practical design for such a microtrap. In the case of an axial splitting of the atoms, we study some physical factors limiting the ultimate performances of this interferometer such as: the dissymmetry of the microwave potentials, the effect of the fluctuations of static and microwave fields and the stability of the interferometer gravitational signal. We derive a simplified one-dimensional harmonic model to describe the interferometer contrast decay. Finally, we consider the possibility of non-adiabatic atomic splitting and recombination without vibrational heating by designing appropriate trajectories of the trapping-potentials based on the theory of dynamical invariants
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Reinhard, Friedemann. "Design and construction of an atomic clock on an atom chip." Paris 6, 2009. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00414386.
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Nous décrivons la conception et la construction d'une horloge atomique sur une puce à atomes, visant une stabilité de quelques 10-13 à 1s et une application en tant qu'étalon secondaire. Cette horloge est basée sur la transition à deux photons entre les sous-états hyperfins |F=1,mF=-1> et |2,1> de l'état fondamental de l'atome 87Rb. Elle interroge cette transition en effectuant une spectroscopie de type Ramsey, soit sur un nuage thermique d’atomes froids, soit sur un condensat de Bose-Einstein (BEC). Contrairement aux horloges à fontaines, ce nuage est magnétiquement piégé sur une puce à atomes. Nous décrivons d'une part un modèle théorique de la stabilité d'horloge, d'autre part un montage expérimental dédié, capable de contrôler le champ magnétique à un niveau relatif de 10-5 et doté d'une puce hybride, qui contient des conducteurs à courant continu ainsi qu'un guide d'onde pour acheminer la micro-onde d'interrogation
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Succo, Manuel. "An integrated optical-waveguide chip for measurement of cold-atom clouds." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/6394.
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This thesis introduces the first demonstration of a monolithic, micro-fabricated, multi-channel, optical-waveguide chip to measure ultra-cold atomic clouds. The optics consist of an array of 12 independent junctions, which are separated by only 10 μm and have large atom-photon coupling. The integrated and scalable design is presented, along with an atom chip for mounting the optical waveguide chip and magnetically trapping and handling ultra-cold atoms. The experimental apparatus which was built to accommodate this new chip set is described, along with a new experimental control programme which was developed to accommodate the scalability requirements of the new chip. The chip was optically, mechanically and magnetically characterised and cold atoms with densities up to 10-² μm-³, corresponding to 1 atom at a time inside the waveguide mode, were detected with this new kind of chip using absorption and fluorescence techniques. Subsequently, the atoms were utilised to diagnose light polarisation and intensity within the optical-waveguide chip. For future use, various detection methods adapted to the optical-waveguide chip were considered to minimise photon scattering and thus heating of a trapped ultra-cold sample of atoms.
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Baumgartner, Florian. "Measuring the acceleration of free fall with an atom chip BEC interferometer." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/6873.
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We show that a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) interferometer on an atom chip is capable of making an absolute force measurement. We demonstrate this by making an absolute measurement of the gravitational acceleration g. We implement two interferometer arms by splitting a BEC into two symmetric wells using radio-frequency (rf) adiabatic potentials. The independent control of the rf currents running through the chip surface allows us to change the polarisation of the rf field and hence the orientation of the double well potential. Tilting of the system with respect to the horizontal introduces an energy difference Δ V and the relative phase between the BECs starts to evolve. After moving the atoms back to their initial position and overlapping the clouds in free fall we measure the resulting phase from the interference pattern. In order to derive a number for g from experimental results a detailed analysis and understanding of the interferometer scheme is essential. For this type of interferometer we have identified two main limitations to the accuracy of the measurement: a systematic error due to rf field gradients, and a statistical error due to phase spreading from atom-atom interactions. Taking all errors into account we expect a value for g to within 16%. The statistical uncertainty of the measurement is 5%. We have a strategy for reducing all systematic errors to less than 1%. In order to reduce the rate of phase spreading we want to squeeze the relative number of atoms between the wells in future experiments.
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Yuen, Benjamin. "Production and oscillations of a Bose Einstein condensate on an atom chip." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/18833.
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This thesis describes production of and experiments with a Bose-Einstein condensate of approximately 2 × 10[superscript 4] [superscript 87]Rb atoms, trapped at the surface of an atom chip. In the first half of this thesis I describe the process of trapping and cooling the atomic vapour close to the surface of an atom chip. This process, which cools the vapour by over 9 orders of magnitude, involves a highly complex sequence of events which I implemented and optimised over the first two years of my PhD. In the early stages of this process, the atomic vapour is laser cooled and magneto-optically trapped. The vapour is then transferred to a highly elongated magnetic trap produced by high field gradients a few hundred microns from the surface of the atom chip. Here the vapour is evaporatively cooled to below the transition temperature where a Bose-Einstein condensate emerges. A simple existing analytic model of evaporative cooling is extended in this work to account for the shape of our highly elongated trap. Predictions of this model are presented here along with experimental observations with which it has good agreement. The second part of my thesis investigates some of the characteristics of the condensate, and dynamics of its low energy collective oscillations in the trap, based on experimental measurements taken in the final 18 months of my PhD. In particular, measurements taken of the centre of mass oscillations of the condensate along the long axis of the trap are presented. In the zero temperature limit the condensate is expected to behave as a perfect superfluid, and these low energy oscillations should go undamped. However, at finite temperature where not all atoms in the gas are condensed, damping is observed. In our experiment significant damping is found with an 1/e decay rate which varies between 2s[superscript -1] and 8s[superscript -1], depending on the fraction of non-condensed atoms in the gas. A finite temperature formalism is then used to describe the likely damping mechanism - Landau damping. We use a simple model of this formalism which estimates the temperature dependence of the damping rate γ(T), but find this gives a significant overestimation of the rates we measure. However, we argue that a straightforward adaptation to this model reduces the predicted damping rate significantly, and suggests a functional form of γ(T) that is in much better agreement with our experimental measurements.
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Barr, Iain. "Investigating the dynamics of a Bose Einstein condensate on an atom chip." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26226.
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In this thesis I discuss work that has been carried out on the dynamics of a Bose Einstein condensate of Rb 87 produced near an atom chip. A Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) is a quantum state of matter where a single quantum state becomes occupied by a macroscopic number of identical Bosons. In our case this is achieved by cooling a system of trapped identical rubidium 87 atoms to its ground state. To reach temperatures of condensation we initially laser cool atoms from room temperature, before loading them into a magnetic trap. The magnetic trap is produced through a combination of uniform magnetic fields from coils outside our vacuum chamber and currents running through wires on an atom chip. The atom chip is a microfabricated device, produced by a coating a silicon chip with a thin layer of gold and etching wires into it. Together, these fields create a magnetic field minimum 120μm from the surface of the chip which can be used to confine low field seeking hyperfine states of the atom in an elongated harmonic trap. Once the atoms are confined in the magnetic trap we used force evaporative cooling out to reach the phase space densities required for Bose Einstein condensation. The BEC is used to investigate the relative dynamics between the fraction of the atoms in the condensate to those not in the condensate. Our atom chip provided a suitable environment to investigate this due to fragmentation of the magnetic potential close to the chip. Small imperfections in the wires on our atom chip mean that the trapping potential isn't smooth. Small regions of higher trapping frequency - or fragments - are formed. Due to the small size of these fragments it is possible to find a position where a condensate can form in the fragment, and see a potential of high frequency, whereas a non-condensed atom will see a lower frequency potential. We exploit this to set the condensed fraction moving relative to the non condensed part and investigate the subsequent damping of their motion relative to each other.
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Yan, Wenhua. "Design of a magnetic guide for rotation sensing by on chip atom interferometry." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066548.
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Ce mémoire présente la conception et réalisation d'un montage expérimental pour le développement d'un interféromètre à atomes froids de 87Rb guidés sur un microcircuit à atomes, l'objectif final étant la réalisation d'un capteur inertiel de rotations. Nous avons ainsi étudié théoriquement le confinement magnétique des atomes dans un guide circulaire. Une telle étude nous a permis d'identifier les principales problématiques liées à la propagation sur une orbite stable d'un paquet d'onde atomique dans un guide magnétique, à savoir: la rugosité du potentiel de guidage, les défauts du potentiel associés au motif de micro fils employés pour créer ce potentiel, et les pertes par effet Majorana. Dans cette thèse nous proposons des solutions originales à ces problèmes basés sur des études précédentes et sur les résultats de nos calculs. Du point de vue expérimental, nous avons monté une nouvelle expérience d'atomes froids dont la principale caractéristique est d'être compacte et donc transportable pour des mesures locales de vitesses de rotations. Nous avons donc, au cours de ce travail, assemblé un système à ultra vide efficace, développé un banc optique très compacte comprenant des sources laser pour le refroidissement et piégeage des atomes, un laser de Bragg pour la réalisation de l'interféromètre atomique, ainsi que toute l'électronique de contrôle de cette expérienceThis manuscript present the design and realization of an experimental setup for the development of a cold atom interferometer using 87Rb atoms guided on an atom chip, the final goal being the realization of an inertial sensor for rotation measurements. We have therefore study theoretically the magnetic confinement of these atoms in a circular guide. Such a study allowed us to identify the main challenges linked to the atomic wave packet propagation along a stable circular orbit in a magnetic guide, namely: the roughness of the guiding potential, the magnetic potential defects associated to the pattern of the micro wires used to produce this potential, and the Majorana losses. In this thesis we propose original solutions to these questions based on preliminary studies and on the results of our calculations. From the experimental point of view, we have assembled a new cold atom experiment with the main feature of being compact and therefore transportable for in situ measurement of rotations. We have along this work put together an efficient ultra high vacuum system, developed a compact optical bench containing the laser sources for cooling and trapping, a Bragg laser for the atom interferometer, as well as all the needed electronics to control the experiment
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Singh, Mandip. "A magnetic lattice and macroscopic entanglement of a BEC on an atom chip." Swinburne Research Bank, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/55142.
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Thesis (PhD) - Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, 2008.Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2008. Typescript. Bibliography: p. 143-158.
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Ziltz, Austin R. "Ultracold rubidium and potassium system for atom chip-based microwave and RF potentials." W&M ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539624008.
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In this dissertation we study the development of microwave and RF near-field potentials for use with atom chip trapped atomic gases. These potentials are inherently spin-dependent, able to target individual spin states simultaneously. In contrast with traditional atom chip potentials, these RF traps can be operated at arbitrary bias magnetic field strengths and thus be combined with magnetic Feshbach resonances. Furthermore, these potentials can strongly suppress the potential roughness that plagues traditional atom chip potentials. We present a dual chamber atom chip apparatus for generating ultracold 87Rb and 39K atomic gases. The apparatus produces quasi-pure Bose-Einstein condensates of 104 87Rb atoms in an atom chip trap that features a dimple and good optical access. We have also demonstrated production of ultracold 39K and subsequent loading into the chip trap. We describe the details of the dual chamber vacuum system, the cooling lasers, the magnetic trap, the multi coil magnetic transport system, and the atom chip. The apparatus is well suited for studies of atom-surface forces, quantum pumping and transport experiments, atom interferometry, novel chip-based traps, and studies of one-dimensional many-body systems.
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Hommelhoff, Peter. "Bose-Einstein-Kondensate in Mikrochip-Fallen." Phd thesis, [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2002. http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/archive/00000702.
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Laudat, Théo. "Spontaneous spin squeezing in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate trapped on an atom chip." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017PSLEO014/document.
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Dans ce manuscrit, nous présentons une étude expérimentale du phénomène de compression de spin dans un condensat de Bose-Einstein de $^{87}Rb$, résultant d'une interaction non-linéaire provenant de collisions entre les deux états internes $|F=1, m_F=-1>$ et $|F=2, m_F=1>$ de l'état fondamental $5^2S_{1/2}$. Les atomes sont refroidis dans un piège magnéto-optique, puis piégés magnétiquement à l'aide de notre puce à atomes jouant le rôle de parois supérieure pour notre enceinte à vide. La puce est aussi utilisée pour émettre le champ radiofréquence permettant le refroidissement évaporatif conduisant à la condensation de Bose-Einstein, ainsi que le champ micro-onde qui réalise le transfert cohérent des atomes d'un état interne à un autre.L'ensemble atomique est décrit par le Hamiltonien "textit{one-axis-twisting}" qui contient un terme quadratique en la composante selon l'axe $z$ du vecteur de spin atomique $S_z$. L'amplitude de cette interaction non-linéaire, initialement très faible, dépend des longueurs de diffusion des états internes considérés, et peut être grandement augmentée en réduisant le recouvrement des fonctions d'onde. C'est pourquoi le système est placé dans une configuration particulière (grand nombre d'atomes et piège anisotrope de type "cigare") pour laquelle les deux états vont alterner des phases de séparation et recombinaison spatiale. L'impact de cette dynamique spatiale sur l'interaction de champ moyen et la cohérence du système est analysé expérimentalement à travers l'étude du contraste et de la fréquence centrale d'un interféromètre de Ramsey.Théoriquement, lorsque les deux états sont séparés, la distribution de spin se transforme d'une distribution circulaire régie par le bruit de projection quantique, en une ellipse dont le petit axe est inférieur à la limite quantique standard, sous l'effet de l'interaction en $S_z^2$. Ceci est vérifié expérimentalement en réalisant la tomographie de l'état atomique au moment où les deux modes internes se recombinent. Un paramètre de compression de spin $xi^2 = -1.3 pm 0.4$ dB est ainsi obtenu pour 5000 atomes et un contraste de 90%. L'étude des différentes sources d'instabilités a permis d'identifier les pertes atomiques comme limitation principale de la compression de spin et du contraste de l'interféromètre.Ce travail s'inscrit dans le contexte de la métrologie quantique et représente un pas vers la production d'états comprimés en spin permettant la réalisation d'interféromètres atomiques fonctionnant sous la limite quantique standard. La question de la cohérence d'un condensat bimodal soumis à de nombreuses collisions élastiques et inélastiques est aussi adresséeIn this manuscript, we present an experimental study of spin squeezing in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate of $^{87}Rb$, arising from a non-linear interaction originating from collisions between the two internal states $|F=1, m_F=-1>$ and $|F=2, m_F=1>$ of the $5^2S_{1/2}$ manifold. The atoms are cooled down in a magneto-optical trap and magnetically trapped thanks to our atom-chip which acts as a top wall for our vacuum cell. The chip is also used to emit the radio-frequency field that perform the evaporative cooling leading to Bose-Einstein condensation, and the microwave field used to coherently transfer the atoms from one internal state to another.The atomic ensemble in a coherent superposition is well described by the so-called textit{one-axis-twisting} Hamiltonian that contains a term quadratic in the $z$-component of the spin vector $S_z$. the strength of this non-linear interaction, initially very weak, depends on the intra- and inter-state s-wave scattering lengths, and can be greatly enhanced by reducing the wave-function spatial overlap between the two states. We therefore place the system in a configuration (high atom number and cigar-shaped trap) for which the two states experience spontaneous relative spatial separation and recombination phases. The impact of this spatial dynamics on the mean field interaction and coherence of the system is experimentally analyzed through the study of the contrast and central frequency of a Ramsey interferometer.Theoretically, when the two states are separated, the spin noise distribution evolves from a uniform circular distribution defined by the quantum projection noise, to an elliptic one whose small axis is smaller than the standard quantum limit, under the action of the $S_z^2$ interaction. This is verified experimentally by performing the tomography of the atomic state, when the two internal modes recombine. A squeezing parameter $xi^2=-1.3 pm 0.4$ dB is reached for 5000 atoms and a 90% contrast. The study of the different instability sources highlights the atomic-density-dependent losses as the main limitation for both the noise reduction and the contrast of the interferometer.This work has been initiated in the context of quantum metrology and represents a step towards the production of spin squeezed states enabling the realization of atom interferometers working below the standard quantum limit. It also addresses the fundamental question of coherence of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates undergoing many elastic and inelastic collisions
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Haas, Florian. "Creation of entangled states of a set of atoms in an optical cavity." Phd thesis, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, 2014. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00968861.
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In this thesis, we demonstrate the creation and characterization of multiparticle entangled states of neutral atoms with the help of a high finesse cavity. Our experimental setup consists of a fibre-based high finesse cavity above the surface of an atom chip. It allows us to prepare an ensemble of 87Rb atoms with well-defined atom number. The atoms are trapped in a single antinode of an intracavity standing wave dipole trap and are therefore all equally coupled to the cavity mode. We present a scheme based on a collective, quantum non-destructive (QND) measurement and conditional evolution to create symmetric entangled states and to analyze them at the single-particle level by directly measuring their Husimi Q function. We use this method to create and characterize W states of up to 41 atoms. From the tomography curve of the Q function, we reconstruct the symmetric part of the density matrix via different reconstruction techniques and obtain a fidelity of 0.42. Furthermore, we have devised an entanglement criterion which only relies on comparing two populations of the density matrix. We use it to infer the degree of multiparticle entanglement in our experimentally created states and find that the state with highest fidelity contains at least 13 entangled particles. In addition, we show preliminary results on experiments to count the atom number inside a cavity in the QND regime and to create entangled states via quantum Zeno dynamics.
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Gollasch, Carsten Olaf. "An electrostatic micro actuator for aligning and tuning an optical cavity on an atom chip." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.446614.
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Alibert, Julien. "Une nouvelle source pour l'interférométrie atomique avec un condensat de Bose-Einstein double espèce." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU30350/document.
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L'interférométrie atomique a démontré sa capacité à effectuer des mesures de grande précision, notamment pour la réalisation de capteurs inertiels, les tests de physique fondamentale ou la mesure de constantes fondamentales. Une piste pour l'amélioration de la sensibilité des interféromètres atomiques est la réduction de la dispersion en vitesse de la source en utilisant un ensemble d'atomes ultra-froids pour augmenter le temps d'interrogation des atomes et accroitre la séparation spatiale entre les bras de l'interféromètre. Un nouvel interféromètre atomique à bras séparés est en construction au Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats et Réactivité de Toulouse. Ce dispositif répond à deux objectifs. Premièrement sa conception a pour but l'étude et le développement de nouveaux types de sources de condensat de Bose-Einstein (C.B.E.) double espèce de rubidium 85 et 87 adaptées à l'interférométrie. Cette source de C.B.E. repose sur l'utilisation de puces pour la manipulation et le refroidissement des atomes. Cette technologie est compacte et consomment peu d'énergie, ce qui est adaptée aux applications spatiales. L'autre objectif est d'utiliser cet interféromètre pour tester la neutralité de la matière via l'effet Aharonov-Bohm scalaire. Dans ce manuscrit je commence par exposer et justifer les choix techniques fait lors du dimensionnement et de la construction de la source de C.B.E. double isotopes. Par la suite, je présente les premiers résultats expérimentaux accompagnés de simulations numériques et d'explications théoriques. Lors de la première étape de refroidissement laser nous produisons un nuage de rubidium 87 et 85 contenant 4 × 10^10 atomes à une température de 10 µK avec un taux de cycle de 1 s. A la suite du refroidissement laser 8 × 10^9 atomes sont chargés dans le piège magnétique millimétrique de surface. Différentes expériences de caractérisation sont réalisées et expliquées à la lumières de simulations numériques. L'étude des fréquences de piégeage et de la profondeur a révélé les limites du premier prototype de piège millimétrique que nous avons réalisé au laboratoire. Cependant ces développements expérimentaux et théoriques servent à développer et implémenter dans le dispositif une nouvelle génération de puce à échelle micrométriqueAtom interferometry has shown its interest for high precision measurements, such as inertial sensors, tests of fundamental physics or fundamental constant measurements. A way to improve sensitivity of such device is to reduce speed dispersion of the atomic cloud. The use of ultra-cold atoms allows increasing the interogation time of atoms and the spatial separation between the interferometer arms. The building of a new atom interferometer with separated arms is ongoing in the laboratory "Collisions Agrégats et Réactivité" at Toulouse. This new setup must meet two objectives. One aim of its conception is to study and develop a new kind of double species Bose-Einstein condensate (B.E.C.) source for atom interferometry with rubidium 87 and 85. This B.E.C. source relies on atom chip technology to cool down and manipulate atoms. This technology is compact and low power consuming, therefore suitable for transportable applications in space. A second aim is to use this interferometer to fix new boundary on the experimental value of atom neutrality thanks to the scalar Aharonov-Bohm effect. In this manuscript I start by exposing and justifying technical choices made for the design of the double isotope B.E.C. source. Then I present the first experimental results compared with numerical simulations and theoretical explanations. During the first laser cooling stage we produce a cloud including 4 × 10^10 rubidium atoms of both isotopes (87 and 85) at 10 µK. This operation can be repeated every second. Following the laser cooling 8×10^9 atoms are loaded into a millimeter sized magnetic trap. Various experiments were performed to characterize the trap. Studies of the trap frequency and depth revealed the limitations of this first prototype. However these theoretical and experimental developments led to design and future implementation of a new generation of micro-chip in our apparatus
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Deutsch, Christian. "Trapped atom clock on a chip : identical spin rotation effects in an ultracold trapped atomic clock." Paris 6, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA066742.
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Hermann, Avigliano Carla. "Towards deterministic preparation of single Rydberg atoms and applications to quantum information processing." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066351/document.
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Les atomes de Rydberg couplés à des cavités supraconductrices sont des outils remarquables pour l’exploration des phénomènes quantiques élémentaires et des protocoles d’information quantique. Ces atomes «géants» ont des propriétés uniques. Ils sont soumis à une forte interaction dipôle-Dipôle, fonction de la distance interatomique, qui est responsable du mécanisme de blocage dipolaire : dans le régime de Van der Waals, l’énergie d’interaction croît comme n11, où n est le nombre quantique principal. Si on illumine un nuage atomique avec un laser d’excitation à la fréquence de la transition de Rydberg pour un atome isolé, on s’attend à exciter au plus un atome dans un volume de blocage de ⇠ 8(μm)3. Nous avons mis en place une expérience pour préparer un atome de Rydberg de façon déterministe. Elle utilise un petit nuage d’atomes de rubidium 87 dans l’état fondamental, piégés magnétiquement sur un puce à atomes supraconductrice à 4 K, et excités à l’aide de lasers vers les états de Rydberg. L’effet de blocage dipôlaire est sensible à l’élargissement spectral de la transition par des champs électriques parasites. Une fois unatome excité dans l’état cible 60S1/2↵, nous explorons les transitions atomiques étroites, de longueur d’onde millimétrique, entre états de Rydberg pour étudier ces champs parasites. La surface de notre puce étant couverte d’une pellicule d’or, nous observons comme d’autres groupes de recherche de forts gradients de champs électriques, dus au dépôt progressif d’atomes de rubidium à la surface de la puce. Nous contournons le problème, en déposant une couche de rubidium métallique sur la puce. Les gradients sont alors réduits d’un ordre de grandeur. Cette amélioration nous permet d’observer des temps de cohérence très élevés, de l’ordre de la milliseconde, pour des atomes de Rydberg au voisinage d’une puce supraconductrice.Sur le plan théorique, nous présentons un protocole simple pour la création rapide et efficace de superpositions quantiques de deux champs cohérents d’amplitudes classiques différentes dans une cavité. Il repose sur l’interaction de deux atomes à deux niveaux avec le champ dans la cavité. Leur détection avec une grande probabilité dans un état bien défini projette le champ dans une superposition mésoscopique d’états du champ. Nous montrons que ce protocole est nettement plus efficace que ceux utilisant un seul atome. Nous réalisons cette étude dans le contexte de l’électrodynamique en cavité (CQED), où les atomes à deux niveaux sont des atomes de Rydberg de grand temps de vie interagissant avec le champ d’une cavité micro-Ondes supraconductrice. Mais ce travail peut également s’appliquer au domaine en plein essor de l’électrodynamique quantique des circuits. Dans ces deux contextes, il peut conduire à d’intéressantes études expérimentales de la décohérence à la frontière quantique-ClassiqueRydberg atoms and superconducting cavities are remarkable tools for the exploration of basic quantum phenomena and quantum information processing. These giant atoms are blessed with unique properties. They undergo a strong distance-Dependent dipole-Dipole interaction that gives rise to the dipole blockade mechanism: in the Van der Waals regime, this energy shift scales as n11, where n is the principal quantum number. If we shine an excitation laser tuned at the frequency of the isolated atomic transition on an atomic cloud, we expect to excite at most one atom within a blockade volume of ⇠ 8(μm)3. We have set up an experiment to prepare deterministically one Rydberg atom. It uses a small cloud of ground-State Rubidium 87 atoms, magnetically trapped on a superconducting atom chip at 4 K, and laser-Excited to the Rydberg states. The dipole blockade effect is sensitive to the line broadening due to the stray electric fields. Once an atom has been excited to our target state HH 60S1/2↵, we explore the narrow millimeter-Wave transitions between Rydberg states in order to assess these stray fields . With a gold-Coated front surface for the chip, we observe as other groups large field gradients due to slowly deposited Rubidium atoms. We circumvent this problem by coating the chip with a metallic Rubidium layer. This way the gradients are reduced by an order of magnitude. This improvement allows us to observe extremely high coherence times, in the millisecond range, for Rydberg atoms near a superconducting atom-Chip. Theoretically, we present a simple scheme for the fast and efficient generation of quantum superpositions of two coherent fields with different classical amplitudes in a cavity. It relies on the simultaneous interaction of two two-Level atoms with the field. Their final detection with a high probability in the proper state projects the field onto the desired mesoscopic field state superposition (MFSS). We show that the scheme is notably more efficient than those using a single atom. This work is done in the context of cavity QED, where the two-Level systems are circular Rydberg atoms whose lifetime may reach milliseconds, interacting with the field of a superconducting microwave cavity. But this scheme is also highly relevant for the thriving field of circuit-QED. In both contexts, it may lead to interesting experimental studies of decoherence at the quantum-Classical boundary
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Forchel, Dirk, and Rainer G. Spallek. "VLSI-Realisierungen für ATM: eine Übersicht." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-98769.
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Der Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) stellt die zukünftige und einheitliche Basistechnologie für das Breitband-ISDN dar. Da nahezu alle wesentlichen Protokollfunktionen in Hardware realisierbar sind, soll nachfolgend ein Überblick über bereits angebotene VLSI-Schaltkreise gegeben werden. Eine Systematisierung und Einordnung vorhandener ATM-Chips hinsichtlich ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit und ihres Funktionsumfangs erfolgt in Hinblick auf das sogenannte B-ISDN-Referenzmodell. Dieses Schichtenmodell definiert die notwendigen Protokolle und Schnittstellen für den Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Zum grundlegenden Verständnis wird einleitend eine kurze Einführung in die Basisprinzipien von ATM gegeben.
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Dupont-Nivet, Matthieu. "Vers un accéléromètre atomique sur puce." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016SACLO007/document.
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Dans ce manuscrit, nous rapportons les développements, théoriques et expérimentaux, en cours à TRT, visant la réalisation d'un accéléromètre à atomes froids. Cet interféromètre utilise un gaz ultra-froid non-dégénéré qui est piégé au voisinage d'une puce atomique pendant toute la séquence d’interrogation.Nous décrivons un protocole d'interrogation permettant de rendre le capteur sensible aux accélérations. Ce protocole est constitué d'une séquence de Ramsey avec une séparation spatiale des deux états de l'interféromètre. Le signal et le contraste de cet interféromètre sont modélisés et l'utilisation de raccourci à l'adiabaticité est considérée pour réaliser une séparation et une recombinaison rapide des deux états. Nous décrivons aussi une implémentation de cet interféromètre sur une puce atomique. Elle repose sur la création de deux potentiels habillés micro-onde, un pour chacun des deux états de l'interféromètre.Le dispositif de refroidissement des atomes, mis en place pendant cette thèse, est décrit. Des atomes de rubidium 87 sont refroidis jusqu'à la condensation de Bose-Einstein dans l'état $left|2,2right>$. Un protocole de type textit{stimulated Raman adiabatic passage} utilisant des champs micro-ondes, permet ensuite de transférer les atomes (condensés ou thermiques) vers l'état $left|2,1right>$. Cette source atomique a permis de réaliser des mesures du contraste des franges de Ramsey en fonction de la symétrie des potentiels piégeant les deux états de l'interféromètre. Le temps de décroissance du contraste mesuré permet de valider les développements théoriques sur le contraste de l'interféromètreIn this manuscript we report the theoretical and experimental developments, in progress at TRT, aiming at the realisation of a cold atom accelerometer. This accelerometer uses an ultra-cold non-degenerated gas which is trapped in the vicinity of an atom chip during the whole interrogation sequence.We describe an interrogation protocol allowing the sensor to be sensitive to acceleration. This protocol uses a Ramsey sequence with a spatial separation of the two interferometer states. The signal and the contrast of this interferometer are derived and the use of shortcut to adiabadicity is considered to enable fast splitting and merging of the two states. We also describe a design of the accelerometer on an atom chip. This design use two dressed microwave potentials, one for each of the two interferometer states.We described the atom cooling experiment built during this thesis. Atoms of rubidium 87 have been cooled to Bose-Einstein condensation in state $left|2,2right>$. A stimulated Raman adiabatic passage protocol using microwave fields, allows to transfer an atomic cloud (condensed or thermal) to the state $left|2,1right>$. With this atomic source the contrast of the Ramsey fringes as a function of the symmetry between the interferometer traps have been measured. The measured contrast falling time is in good agreement with the theoretical prediction for the interferometer contrast
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Christandl, Katharina. "Advancing neutral atom quantum computing studies of one-dimensional and two-dimensional optical lattices on a chip /." Connect to resource, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1123263229.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xxiii, 261 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-261). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Lewoczko-Adamczyk, Wojciech. "Bose-Einstein condensation in microgravity." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/15970.
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Ultra-kalte atomare Gase werden in zahlreichen Laboren weltweit untersucht und finden unter anderem Anwendung in Atomuhren und in Atominterferometer. Die Einsatzgebiete erstrecken sich von der Geodäsie über die Metrologie bis hin zu wichtigen Fragestellungen der Fundamentalphysik, wie z.B. Tests des Äquivalenzprinzips. Doch die beispiellose Messgenauigkeit ist durch die irdische Gravitation eingeschränkt. Zum einen verzerrt die Schwerkraft das Fallenpotential und macht damit die Reduktion der atomaren Energie unter einem bestimmten Limit unmöglich. Zum anderen werden die aus einer Falle frei gelassenen Teilchen durch die Erdanziehung beschleunigt und so ist deren Beobachtungszeit begrenzt. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden die Ergebnisse des Projektes QUANTUS (Quantengase Unter Schwerelosigkeit) dargestellt. Auf dem Weg zur Implementierung eines Quantengasexperimentes im Weltraum wurde innerhalb einer deutschlandweiten Zusammenarbeit eine kompakte, portable und mechanisch stabile Apparatur zur Erzeugung und Untersuchung eines Bose-Einstein-Kondensats (BEC) unter Schwerelosigkeit im Fallturm Bremen entwickelt. Sowohl die Abbremsbeschleunigung von bis zu 50 g als auch das begrenzte Volumen der Fallkapsel stellen hohe Ansprüche an die mechanische Stabilität und die Miniaturisierung von optischen und elektronischen Komponenten. Der Aufbau besteht aus einer im ultra-hoch Vakuum geschlossenen magnetischen Mikrofalle (Atomchip) und einem kompakten auf DFB-Dioden basierenden Lasersystem. Mit diesem Aufbau ließ sich das erste BEC unter Schwerelosigkeit realisieren und nach 1 Sekunde freier Expansion zu beobachten. Weder die schwache Krümmung des Fallenpotentials noch die lange Beobachtungszeit würden in einem erdgebundenen Experiment realisierbar. Die erfolgreiche Umsetzung des Projektes eröffnet ein innovatives Forschungsgebiet - degenerierte Quantengase bei ultratiefen Temperaturen im pK-Bereich, mit großen freien Evolutions- und Beobachtungszeiten von mehreren Sekunden.Recently, cooling, trapping and manipulation of neutral atoms and ions has become an especially active field of quantum physics. The main motivation for the cooling is to reduce motional effects in high precision measurements including spectroscopy, atomic clocks and matter interferometry. The spectrum of applications of these quantum devices cover a broad area from geodesy, through metrology up to addressing the fundamental questions in physics, as for instance testing the Einstein’s equivalence principle. However, the unprecedented precision of the quantum sensors is limited in terrestial laboratories. Freezing atomic motion can be nowadays put to the limit at which gravity becomes a major perturbation in a system. Gravity can significantly affect and disturb the trapping potential. This limits the use of ultra-shallow traps for low energetic particles. Moreover, free particles are accelerated by gravitational force, which substantially limits the observation time. Targeting the long-term goal of studying cold quantum gases on a space platform, we currently focus on the implementation of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) experiment under microgravity conditions at the drop tower in Bremen. Special challenges in the construction of the experimental setup are posed by a low volume of the drop capsule as well as critical decelerations up to 50g during recapture at the bottom of the tower. All mechanical and electronic components were thus been designed with stringent demands on miniaturization and mechanical stability. This work reports on the observation of a BEC released from an ultra-shallow magnetic potential and freely expanding for one second. Both, the low trapping frequency and long expansion time are not achievable in any earthbound laboratory. This unprecedented time of free evolution leads to new possibilities for the study of BEC-coherence. It can also be applied to enhance the sensitivity of inertial quantum sensors based on ultra-cold matter waves.
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Forchel, Dirk, and Rainer G. Spallek. "VLSI-Realisierungen für ATM: eine Übersicht." Technische Universität Dresden, 1997. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A26201.
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Der Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) stellt die zukünftige und einheitliche Basistechnologie für das Breitband-ISDN dar. Da nahezu alle wesentlichen Protokollfunktionen in Hardware realisierbar sind, soll nachfolgend ein Überblick über bereits angebotene VLSI-Schaltkreise gegeben werden. Eine Systematisierung und Einordnung vorhandener ATM-Chips hinsichtlich ihrer Leistungsfähigkeit und ihres Funktionsumfangs erfolgt in Hinblick auf das sogenannte B-ISDN-Referenzmodell. Dieses Schichtenmodell definiert die notwendigen Protokolle und Schnittstellen für den Asynchronous Transfer Mode. Zum grundlegenden Verständnis wird einleitend eine kurze Einführung in die Basisprinzipien von ATM gegeben.
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Sahelgozin, Maral [Verfasser]. "Design and construction of a transportable quantum gravimeter and realization of an atom-chip magnetic trap / Maral Sahelgozin." Hannover : Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1190283417/34.
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Hohmann, Leander. "Using optical fibre cavities to create multi-atom entanglement by quantum zeno dynamics." Thesis, Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066053/document.
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Nous démontrons la création d'états intriqués dans un ensemble d’atomes neutres fondée sur la dynamique Zénon quantique (QZD), à l'aide d'un microrésonateur optique. Notre dispositif expérimental combine une puce à atomes avec une cavité Fabry-Perot fibrée (FFP) et nous permet de piéger un ensemble d’atomes de Rb87 dans un seul ventre d'un piège dipolaire créé dans la cavité. Les atomes sont couplés fortement et identiquement au mode lumineux de la cavité, ce qui permet une mesure non-destructive de leur état collectif.Nous réalisons la QZD en modifiant, par des mesures fréquentes, la dynamique induite par radiation micro-ondes. Nous démontrons que la QZD créé des états intriqués multiparticules de façon déterministe et rapide. Nous caractérisons ces états à l'aide de mesures de la fonction de Husimi Q, donnant accès à la partie symétrique de la matrice densité. Nous étudions l’évolution temporelle d'états impliquant un minimum de 3 à 11 atomes intriqués, qui présentent une fidélité par rapport à l'état W à 36 atomes atteignant 0.37. Nous étudions l'influence de la force de la mesure et des imperfections expérimentales et nous montrons que notre système est bien décrit par des modèles simples sans paramètres ajustables.Nous présentons aussi un travail réalisé en vue de l’amélioration des cavités FFP. Nous discutons notamment la limitation due à l'écart en fréquence des modes propres de polarisation dans des cavités formées par deux fibres optiques microfabriquées avec un laser CO2. Nous démontrons que cet effet dépend de la symétrie des structures microfabriquées et qu'il peut être contrôlé tant au niveau de la fabrication que pendant l'assemblage de la cavitéIn this thesis, we show how an optical microcavity setup can create multiparticle entanglement in an ensemble of neutral atoms by means of quantum Zeno dynamics (QZD).Our setup combines an atom chip with a fibre Fabry-Perot (FFP) resonator and allows us to load an ensemble of Rb87 atoms into a single node of an intracavity dipole trap, coupling the atoms strongly and identically to the cavity light field which enables us to perform a quantum non-destructive measurement of their collective state.We realise QZD by modifying the dynamics of the collective state (encoded in atomic hyperfine states addressed with MW radiation) by means of frequent cavity measurements at optical frequency. This QZD is shown to create multiparticle entanglement in a fast and deterministic scheme. To analyse the created states, we reconstruct the symmetric part of the atomic density matrix from 2d measurements of the ensemble's Husimi Q-distribution. We give a time-resolved account of the creation of states with at least 3-11 entangled atoms and fidelity of up to 0.37 with respect to a W state of 36 atoms. Studying the influence of measurement strength and experimental imperfections, we show that our experiments are well described by simple models with no free parameters.This thesis also presents work towards improved FFP cavities. We discuss the problem of frequency splitting of polarisation eigenmodes in cavities made from two fibres microfabricated with a CO2 laser. We show that this effect depends on the symmetry of the microfabricated structures and demonstrate that it can be controlled both at the level of fabrication and when assembling a cavity