Cotutela Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya i Università degli Studi di FirenzeThis 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...
The concept of using light to manipulate ensembles of, or indeed individual, atoms, goes back a long...
In this manuscript we present an experimental and theoretical investigation of quantum-noise-limited...
In this thesis, we report on the construction of an experiment aimed at trapping andcooling an ytter...
This thesis reports on theory and results from two experiments related to nonlinear behaviour in ens...
In this work, we present the study of light and matter interaction through the building and operatio...
Our team studies the collective behaviour of an atomic gas in the presence of dipole-dipole interact...
We review state-of-the-art theory and experiment of the motion of cold and ultracold atoms coupled t...
The problem of the interaction of N atoms with a laser beam and vacuum modes can give rise to many i...
In this work I present the development of a new experiment to produce quantum degenerate gases of yt...
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In the atomic, molecular, optical physics field, processes involving two photons are very well under...
This thesis includes both experimental and theoretical investigations, presented in a series of eigh...
In contrast to electromagnetic fields, matter-wave fields are intrinsically interacting due to the p...
In this thesis, we investigate the coherent scattering of light by atoms randomly distributed in spa...
textIn this dissertation, we discuss the manipulation of ultracold atoms with optical fields. We sh...
The concept of using light to manipulate ensembles of, or indeed individual, atoms, goes back a long...
In this manuscript we present an experimental and theoretical investigation of quantum-noise-limited...
In this thesis, we report on the construction of an experiment aimed at trapping andcooling an ytter...
This thesis reports on theory and results from two experiments related to nonlinear behaviour in ens...
In this work, we present the study of light and matter interaction through the building and operatio...
Our team studies the collective behaviour of an atomic gas in the presence of dipole-dipole interact...
We review state-of-the-art theory and experiment of the motion of cold and ultracold atoms coupled t...
The problem of the interaction of N atoms with a laser beam and vacuum modes can give rise to many i...
In this work I present the development of a new experiment to produce quantum degenerate gases of yt...
NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain ASCII are indicated by [...]. Abstract is included in ...
In the atomic, molecular, optical physics field, processes involving two photons are very well under...
This thesis includes both experimental and theoretical investigations, presented in a series of eigh...
In contrast to electromagnetic fields, matter-wave fields are intrinsically interacting due to the p...
In this thesis, we investigate the coherent scattering of light by atoms randomly distributed in spa...
textIn this dissertation, we discuss the manipulation of ultracold atoms with optical fields. We sh...
The concept of using light to manipulate ensembles of, or indeed individual, atoms, goes back a long...
In this manuscript we present an experimental and theoretical investigation of quantum-noise-limited...
In this thesis, we report on the construction of an experiment aimed at trapping andcooling an ytter...