Interrogation and fabrication of nm scale hot alkali vapour cells

29th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions

Whittaker, K.A.^1 ; Keaveney, J.^1 ; Hughes, I.G.^1 ; Sargysyan, A.^2 ; Sarkisyan, D.^2 ; Gmeiner, B.^3 ; Sandoghdar, V.^3 ; Adams, C.S.^1

Joint Quantum Centre (JQC) Durham-Newcastle, Department of Physics, Durham University, South Road, Durham

DH1 3LE, United Kingdom^1

Institute for Physical Research, National Academy of Sciences, Ashtarak 2, 0203, Armenia^2

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Günther-Scharowsky-Str. 1, Erlangen

91058, Germany^3

关键词: Density regime;    Nanocells;    Near fields;    Scale thickness;    Surface interactions;    Virtual images;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/635/12/122006/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/635/12/122006

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Here we describe our use of cells with nm scale thickness ('nanocells') to investigate inter-atomic, atom- light and atom-surface interactions. Such cells allow us to access high density regimes previously unexplored in vapour cell spectroscopy, and to probe the interaction of atoms within the near field of surfaces, where atoms interact with their own virtual image. We also discuss the future fabrication of such cells in Durham.