This thesis reports on theory and results from two experiments related to nonlinear behaviour in ensembles of optically-trapped ultracold atoms. The first experiment, performed at ICFO in Barcelona, regards the prediction and measurement of strong ac Stark shifts (light shifts). We present a numerical method based on Floquet's theorem for calculating light shifts to all orders with fewer approximations than the usual calculation based on second-order perturbation theory. The method is experimentally validated by performing absorption spectroscopy of a optically-trapped cloud of cold 87Rb atoms in three scenarios. 1) The atoms are trapped in a singly-polarised monochromatic dipole trap with a wavelength detuned aprox 30nm from the nearest ...
textIn this dissertation, we discuss the manipulation of ultracold atoms with optical fields. We sh...
Ultracold atoms are used to study various fundamental physics, including many-body system, nonequili...
The interaction of light with atoms and molecules is of fundamental interest in many branches of sci...
Cotutela Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya i Università degli Studi di FirenzeThis thesis reports...
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In this work, we present the study of light and matter interaction through the building and operatio...
We review state-of-the-art theory and experiment of the motion of cold and ultracold atoms coupled t...
Our team studies the collective behaviour of an atomic gas in the presence of dipole-dipole interact...
The problem of the interaction of N atoms with a laser beam and vacuum modes can give rise to many i...
In contrast to electromagnetic fields, matter-wave fields are intrinsically interacting due to the p...
This thesis includes both experimental and theoretical investigations, presented in a series of eigh...
In this work I present the development of a new experiment to produce quantum degenerate gases of yt...
Cold atoms in optical potentials provide an ideal test bed to explore quantum nonlinear dynamics. At...
The concept of using light to manipulate ensembles of, or indeed individual, atoms, goes back a long...
This dissertation reports experimental studies of nonlinear optical effects manifested by electromag...
textIn this dissertation, we discuss the manipulation of ultracold atoms with optical fields. We sh...
Ultracold atoms are used to study various fundamental physics, including many-body system, nonequili...
The interaction of light with atoms and molecules is of fundamental interest in many branches of sci...
Cotutela Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya i Università degli Studi di FirenzeThis thesis reports...
NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in ...
In this work, we present the study of light and matter interaction through the building and operatio...
We review state-of-the-art theory and experiment of the motion of cold and ultracold atoms coupled t...
Our team studies the collective behaviour of an atomic gas in the presence of dipole-dipole interact...
The problem of the interaction of N atoms with a laser beam and vacuum modes can give rise to many i...
In contrast to electromagnetic fields, matter-wave fields are intrinsically interacting due to the p...
This thesis includes both experimental and theoretical investigations, presented in a series of eigh...
In this work I present the development of a new experiment to produce quantum degenerate gases of yt...
Cold atoms in optical potentials provide an ideal test bed to explore quantum nonlinear dynamics. At...
The concept of using light to manipulate ensembles of, or indeed individual, atoms, goes back a long...
This dissertation reports experimental studies of nonlinear optical effects manifested by electromag...
textIn this dissertation, we discuss the manipulation of ultracold atoms with optical fields. We sh...
Ultracold atoms are used to study various fundamental physics, including many-body system, nonequili...
The interaction of light with atoms and molecules is of fundamental interest in many branches of sci...