Osnabrück 2002 – scientific programme

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Q: Quantenoptik

Q 301: Poster: Fallen, Kühlung, Teilchenoptik

Q 301.33: Poster

Wednesday, March 6, 2002, 11:00–13:00, Schloss

Atomic bound states in an optical lattice — •Markus A. Cirone¹, Ennio Arimondo^1,2, Javier Botero^1,3, and Wolfgang P. Schleich¹ — ¹Abteilung für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany — ²INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Pisa, via Buonarroti 2, I-56127 Pisa, Italy — ³Escuela Colombiana de Ingenieria, AA14520 Bogota, Colombia

We investigate the possibility to confine a neutral atom in the one-dimensional optical lattice created by two counterpropagating laser beams. We find the bound states of the atomic translational degree of freedom, as well as their energies, for different values of the relevant parameters. The investigated configuration, based on schemes applied to confine single atoms or atomic condensates, can be realized in the framework of the present studies of condensates within optical lattices.