Optical lattice, the Glossary
An optical lattice is formed by the interference of counter-propagating laser beams, creating a spatially periodic polarization pattern.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Acousto-optic modulator, Antiferromagnetism, Atom, Atomic clock, Atomic recoil, Autler–Townes effect, Bose–Einstein condensate, Bose–Hubbard model, Crystal, Doppler cooling, Doppler effect, Electrical conductor, Electromagnetically induced grating, Electron, Evaporative cooling (atomic physics), Frequency, Grating, Insulator (electricity), Interaction energy, Laser, List of laser articles, Louis Néel, Magic wavelength, Magneto-optical trap, Mott insulator, Neutral atom quantum computer, Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics), Phase (waves), Phase space, Photonic crystal, Polarization (waves), Potential well, Quantum information, Quantum simulator, Quantum tunnelling, Raman cooling, Resolved sideband cooling, Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev model, Scalar potential, Stark effect, Superfluidity, Titanium-sapphire laser, Trihexagonal tiling, Ultracold atom, Wave interference, Wavelength.
Acousto-optic modulator
An acousto-optic modulator (AOM), also called a Bragg cell or an acousto-optic deflector (AOD), uses the acousto-optic effect to diffract and shift the frequency of light using sound waves (usually at radio-frequency).
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Antiferromagnetism
In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the magnetic moments of atoms or molecules, usually related to the spins of electrons, align in a regular pattern with neighboring spins (on different sublattices) pointing in opposite directions.
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Atom
Atoms are the basic particles of the chemical elements.
Atomic clock
An atomic clock is a clock that measures time by monitoring the resonant frequency of atoms.
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Atomic recoil
In nuclear physics, atomic recoil is the result of the interaction of an atom with an energetic elementary particle, when the momentum of the interacting particle is transferred to the atom as a whole without altering non-translational degrees of freedom of the atom. Optical lattice and atomic recoil are atomic physics.
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Autler–Townes effect
In spectroscopy, the Autler–Townes effect (also known as AC Stark effect), is a dynamical Stark effect corresponding to the case when an oscillating electric field (e.g., that of a laser) is tuned in resonance (or close) to the transition frequency of a given spectral line, and resulting in a change of the shape of the absorption/emission spectra of that spectral line. Optical lattice and Autler–Townes effect are atomic physics and quantum optics.
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Bose–Einstein condensate
In condensed matter physics, a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) is a state of matter that is typically formed when a gas of bosons at very low densities is cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero (−273.15 °C or −459.67 °F or 0 K).
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Bose–Hubbard model
The Bose–Hubbard model gives a description of the physics of interacting spinless bosons on a lattice.
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Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.
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Doppler cooling
Doppler cooling is a mechanism that can be used to trap and slow the motion of atoms to cool a substance. Optical lattice and Doppler cooling are atomic physics.
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Doppler effect
The Doppler effect (also Doppler shift) is the change in the frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the source of the wave.
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Electrical conductor
In physics and electrical engineering, a conductor is an object or type of material that allows the flow of charge (electric current) in one or more directions.
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Electromagnetically induced grating
Electromagnetically induced grating (EIG) is an optical interference phenomenon where an interference pattern is used to build a dynamic spatial diffraction grating in matter.
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Electron
The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Optical lattice and electron are atomic physics.
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Evaporative cooling (atomic physics)
Evaporative cooling is an atomic physics technique to achieve high phase space densities which optical cooling techniques alone typically can not reach. Optical lattice and Evaporative cooling (atomic physics) are atomic physics.
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Frequency
Frequency (symbol f), most often measured in hertz (symbol: Hz), is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time.
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Grating
A grating is any regularly spaced collection of essentially identical, parallel, elongated elements.
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Insulator (electricity)
An electrical insulator is a material in which electric current does not flow freely.
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Interaction energy
In physics, interaction energy is the contribution to the total energy that is caused by an interaction between the objects being considered.
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Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. Optical lattice and laser are quantum optics.
List of laser articles
This is a list of laser topics.
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Louis Néel
Louis Eugène Félix Néel (22 November 1904 – 17 November 2000) was a French physicist born in Lyon who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 for his studies of the magnetic properties of solids.
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Magic wavelength
The magic wavelength (also known as a related quantity, magic frequency) is the wavelength of an optical lattice where the polarizabilities of two atomic clock states have the same value, such that the AC Stark shift caused by the laser intensity fluctuation has no effect on the transition frequency between the two clock states. Optical lattice and magic wavelength are atomic physics.
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Magneto-optical trap
In atomic, molecular, and optical physics, a magneto-optical trap (MOT) is an apparatus which uses laser cooling and a spatially-varying magnetic field to create a trap which can produce samples of cold, neutral atoms.
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Mott insulator
Mott insulators are a class of materials that are expected to conduct electricity according to conventional band theories, but turn out to be insulators (particularly at low temperatures).
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Neutral atom quantum computer
A neutral atom quantum computer is a modality of quantum computers built out of Rydberg atoms; this modality has many commonalities with trapped-ion quantum computers.
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Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics)
In quantum mechanics, perturbation theory is a set of approximation schemes directly related to mathematical perturbation for describing a complicated quantum system in terms of a simpler one.
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Phase (waves)
In physics and mathematics, the phase (symbol φ or ϕ) of a wave or other periodic function F of some real variable t (such as time) is an angle-like quantity representing the fraction of the cycle covered up to t. It is expressed in such a scale that it varies by one full turn as the variable t goes through each period (and F(t) goes through each complete cycle).
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Phase space
In dynamical systems theory and control theory, a phase space or state space is a space in which all possible "states" of a dynamical system or a control system are represented, with each possible state corresponding to one unique point in the phase space.
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Photonic crystal
A photonic crystal is an optical nanostructure in which the refractive index changes periodically.
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Polarization (waves)
italics (also italics) is a property of transverse waves which specifies the geometrical orientation of the oscillations.
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Potential well
A potential well is the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy.
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Quantum information
Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system.
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Quantum simulator
Quantum simulators permit the study of a quantum system in a programmable fashion.
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Quantum tunnelling
In physics, quantum tunnelling, barrier penetration, or simply tunnelling is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an object such as an electron or atom passes through a potential energy barrier that, according to classical mechanics, should not be passable due to the object not having sufficient energy to pass or surmount the barrier.
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Raman cooling
In atomic physics, Raman cooling is a sub-recoil cooling technique that allows the cooling of atoms using optical methods below the limitations of Doppler cooling, Doppler cooling being limited by the recoil energy of a photon given to an atom. Optical lattice and Raman cooling are atomic physics.
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Resolved sideband cooling
Resolved sideband cooling is a laser cooling technique allowing cooling of tightly bound atoms and ions beyond the Doppler cooling limit, potentially to their motional ground state. Optical lattice and Resolved sideband cooling are atomic physics.
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Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev model
In condensed matter physics and black hole physics, the Sachdev–Ye–Kitaev (SYK) model is an exactly solvable model initially proposed by Subir Sachdev and Jinwu Ye, and later modified by Alexei Kitaev to the present commonly used form.
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Scalar potential
In mathematical physics, scalar potential describes the situation where the difference in the potential energies of an object in two different positions depends only on the positions, not upon the path taken by the object in traveling from one position to the other.
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Stark effect
The Stark effect is the shifting and splitting of spectral lines of atoms and molecules due to the presence of an external electric field. Optical lattice and Stark effect are atomic physics.
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Superfluidity
Superfluidity is the characteristic property of a fluid with zero viscosity which therefore flows without any loss of kinetic energy.
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Titanium-sapphire laser
Titanium-sapphire lasers (also known as Ti:sapphire lasers, Ti:Al2O3 lasers or Ti:sapphs) are tunable lasers which emit red and near-infrared light in the range from 650 to 1100 nanometers.
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Trihexagonal tiling
In geometry, the trihexagonal tiling is one of 11 uniform tilings of the Euclidean plane by regular polygons.
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Ultracold atom
In condensed matter physics, an ultracold atom is an atom with a temperature near absolute zero.
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Wave interference
In physics, interference is a phenomenon in which two coherent waves are combined by adding their intensities or displacements with due consideration for their phase difference.
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Wavelength
In physics and mathematics, wavelength or spatial period of a wave or periodic function is the distance over which the wave's shape repeats.
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