Laser cooling can lead to extremely low kinetic "temperatures", in the microkelvin range. In this coldest regime, one can no longer describe the atomic motion in terms of a damping force linear with velocity and a momentum diffusion coefficient. New approaches are described in the present work. The most fruitful one is based on a quantum treatment of atomic motion in the optical wells created by the laser light. In the case of 1D molasses, the two laser configurations σ+ - σ- and Ox - Oy are investigated. The minimum r.m.s. atomic momenta are found to be of the order of 6 single-photon momenta.Les techniques de refroidissement d'atomes par laser dans les mélasses optiques conduisent à des "températures" minimales de quelques microkelvins. D...
The study of atomic quantum behavior requires that atoms be in a low energy, low temperature state s...
The term `laser cooling' is applied to the use of optical means to cool the motional energies of eit...
We present a summary of the results of a simple two-level theory of Doppler cooling in optical molas...
The aim of this thesis is to study two applications of laser-cooled atoms. In the first one we have ...
https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/europhys\₉1.pdfInternational audienceWe presen...
https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/josaB\₈9.pdfWe present two cooling mechanisms ...
In laser cooling the single photon recoil appears as a natural length scale. We report here on the f...
This thesis presents new experimental and theoretical approaches of laser cooling by dark resonances...
We present a microscopic laser model for many atoms coupled to a single cavity mode, including the l...
Thanks to laser cooling techniques, very low temperatures are now attainable. Quantum collective eff...
This dissertation presents a new scheme for cooling atoms by laser: the "velocity selective coherent...
https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/appphysB\₉5.pdfInternational audienceWe have s...
The force acting on a two-level atom in a low-intensity standing laser wave is calculated. On accoun...
The theory of laser cooling assisted by transverse magnetic field B-t based on the (1+3)-level atomi...
Subrecoil laser cooling of free atoms leads to temperatures which are limited only by the available ...
The study of atomic quantum behavior requires that atoms be in a low energy, low temperature state s...
The term `laser cooling' is applied to the use of optical means to cool the motional energies of eit...
We present a summary of the results of a simple two-level theory of Doppler cooling in optical molas...
The aim of this thesis is to study two applications of laser-cooled atoms. In the first one we have ...
https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/europhys\₉1.pdfInternational audienceWe presen...
https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/josaB\₈9.pdfWe present two cooling mechanisms ...
In laser cooling the single photon recoil appears as a natural length scale. We report here on the f...
This thesis presents new experimental and theoretical approaches of laser cooling by dark resonances...
We present a microscopic laser model for many atoms coupled to a single cavity mode, including the l...
Thanks to laser cooling techniques, very low temperatures are now attainable. Quantum collective eff...
This dissertation presents a new scheme for cooling atoms by laser: the "velocity selective coherent...
https://pro.college-de-france.fr/jean.dalibard/publi2/appphysB\₉5.pdfInternational audienceWe have s...
The force acting on a two-level atom in a low-intensity standing laser wave is calculated. On accoun...
The theory of laser cooling assisted by transverse magnetic field B-t based on the (1+3)-level atomi...
Subrecoil laser cooling of free atoms leads to temperatures which are limited only by the available ...
The study of atomic quantum behavior requires that atoms be in a low energy, low temperature state s...
The term `laser cooling' is applied to the use of optical means to cool the motional energies of eit...
We present a summary of the results of a simple two-level theory of Doppler cooling in optical molas...