Laser Cooling with Ultrafast Pulse Trains

Abstract

The goal of this contract was to investigate a novel laser-cooling technique that uses femtosecond lasers to extend the range of ultracold atomic species. This contract continued the previous AOARD contract FA2386-09-1-4015 of the same name. In this period, the development of this project led to several immediate opportunities for high-impact experiments that were only tangentially related to the contract goals. At the same time, we were prevented from carrying out our original program by a failure of the crucial 1030 nm optical amplifier, which was not repaired by the vendor for 9 months. Discussions with AFOSR Atomic and Molecular Physics Program Manager Tatjana Curcic resulted in a decision to pursue the new opportunities, crediting AOARD/AFOSR for the support of the experiments through this contract. The highly productive outcomes of these experiments are detailed.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 2011
Accession Number
ADA547504

Entities

People

  • David Kielpinski

Organizations

  • Griffith University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Cooling
  • Dynamics
  • Electro-Optics
  • Electron Energy
  • Femtosecond Lasers
  • Femtosecond Time
  • High Resolution
  • Information Processing
  • Ionization
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Cooling
  • Lasers
  • Molecular Physics
  • Physics
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy