In the experiment presented in this thesis, Cesium atoms were trapped in a non-dissipative, intensity lattice produced by two Nd:YAG laser beams. Vertically, atoms are confined in independent micro-planes at each intensity maximum. The gaussian shape of the beams provides the horizontal confinement. Thanks to the strong vertical confinement, we could develop an optical sideband cooling method which accumulates about 95\% of the atoms in the ground state of the vertical motion. From this state, which is almost pure, we prepared other pure quantum states and, using an absoption imaging technique, we visualized directly their velocity distribution. First, we produced the first excited state of motion whose velocity distribution is zero for $v=...
proceedings of 17th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, nee...
In this thesis we report the results of an experimental investigation of bright optical lattices. Th...
This thesis presents experiments where Rubidium atoms are manipulated thanks to laser-induced forces...
LES EXPERIENCES PRESENTEES DANS CE MEMOIRE ONT ETE EFFECTUEES SUR DES ATOMES DE CESIUM PIEGES DANS U...
We experimentally study cooling and trapping of cesium atoms in low scattering rate light structures...
We study one-dimensional (1D) sideband cooling of cesium atoms strongly confined in a far-detuned op...
This thesis is devoted to the experimental study of atoms trapped and cooled in several types of opt...
A complete laser cooling setup was built, with focus on threedimensional near-resonant optical latti...
In laser cooling the single photon recoil appears as a natural length scale. We report here on the f...
Laser cooled and trapped atoms are the subject of this thesis : we built and studied a magneto-optic...
This dissertation reports on quantum state preparation of cesium atoms in a two-dimensional optical ...
Several methods for cooling caesium atoms trapped in a non dissipative optical trap (crossed dipole ...
This dissertation presents a new scheme for cooling atoms by laser: the "velocity selective coherent...
The focus of this thesis is the manipulation of the internal degrees of freedom of translationally c...
This manuscript deals with the production and spectroscopic studies of cesium atoms embbeded in a hc...
proceedings of 17th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, nee...
In this thesis we report the results of an experimental investigation of bright optical lattices. Th...
This thesis presents experiments where Rubidium atoms are manipulated thanks to laser-induced forces...
LES EXPERIENCES PRESENTEES DANS CE MEMOIRE ONT ETE EFFECTUEES SUR DES ATOMES DE CESIUM PIEGES DANS U...
We experimentally study cooling and trapping of cesium atoms in low scattering rate light structures...
We study one-dimensional (1D) sideband cooling of cesium atoms strongly confined in a far-detuned op...
This thesis is devoted to the experimental study of atoms trapped and cooled in several types of opt...
A complete laser cooling setup was built, with focus on threedimensional near-resonant optical latti...
In laser cooling the single photon recoil appears as a natural length scale. We report here on the f...
Laser cooled and trapped atoms are the subject of this thesis : we built and studied a magneto-optic...
This dissertation reports on quantum state preparation of cesium atoms in a two-dimensional optical ...
Several methods for cooling caesium atoms trapped in a non dissipative optical trap (crossed dipole ...
This dissertation presents a new scheme for cooling atoms by laser: the "velocity selective coherent...
The focus of this thesis is the manipulation of the internal degrees of freedom of translationally c...
This manuscript deals with the production and spectroscopic studies of cesium atoms embbeded in a hc...
proceedings of 17th International School on Quantum Electronics: Laser Physics and Applications, nee...
In this thesis we report the results of an experimental investigation of bright optical lattices. Th...
This thesis presents experiments where Rubidium atoms are manipulated thanks to laser-induced forces...