2004/12/13 by G. Di Domenico, Giovanni Di Domenico, N. Castagna +11
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0412072
13 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2004/12/13 · openalex publication_date 2004/12/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this article, we present an analysis of the stability of optical lattices. Starting with the study of an unstable optical lattice, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition for intrinsic phase stability, and discuss two practical solutions to fulfill this condition, namely minimal and folded optical lattices. We then present a particular example of two-dimensional folded optical lattice which has the advantage of being symmetric, power recycling and having a convenient geometry. We have used this lattice for laser collimation of a continuous cesium beam in a fountain geometry.