Cold atomic media with ultrahigh optical depths

Ya-Fen Hsiao, Hung-Shiue Chen, Pin-Ju Tsai, and Ying-Cheng Chen
Phys. Rev. A 90, 055401 – Published 5 November 2014

Abstract

We present an experimental study to achieve ultrahigh optical depths for cold atomic media with a two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (MOT) of cesium. By combining large atom number, a temporally dark and compressed MOT, and Zeeman-state optical pumping, we achieve an optical depth of up to 1306 for the open transition of the cesium D1 line. Our work demonstrates that it is feasible to push the optical depth up to the 1000 level with a convenient MOT setup. This development paves the way to many important proposals in quantum optics and many-body physics.

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  • Received 1 September 2014
  • Corrected 17 November 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.90.055401

©2014 American Physical Society

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17 November 2014

Erratum

Publisher's Note: Cold atomic media with ultrahigh optical depths [Phys. Rev. A 90, 055401 (2014)]

Ya-Fen Hsiao, Hung-Shiue Chen, Pin-Ju Tsai, and Ying-Cheng Chen
Phys. Rev. A 90, 059903 (2014)

Authors & Affiliations

Ya-Fen Hsiao1,2, Hung-Shiue Chen1, Pin-Ju Tsai1,3, and Ying-Cheng Chen1,4,*

  • 1Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
  • 2Molecular Science Technology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and National Central University, Taiwan
  • 3Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
  • 4Department of Physics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30043, Taiwan

  • *chenyc@pub.iams.sinica.edu.tw

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Vol. 90, Iss. 5 — November 2014

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