Optical method using rotating Glan–Thompson polarizers to independently vary the power of the excitation and repumping lasers in laser cooling experiments

Quantum Polarization

“…If the polarization of a laser is mismatched to the polarization preference of the optics, then transmission efficiency will be poor. 56, 1780, 2009 which corresponds to a beam polarized in the y direction as observed experimentally and as illustrated in Figure 15.10 (Duarte, 2003;Olivares et al, 2009). Although sometimes the efficiency can be improved, or even optimized, by the simple rotation of a laser, it is highly desirable and practical to have optical elements to perform this function.…”

“…As the prism pair is rotated about the axis of propagation, the intensity of the transmission decreases until it becomes zero once the angular displacement has reached π/2. Also, this technique has been successfully applied to laser cooling experiments to independently vary the intensity of the cooling and repumping lasers as illustrated in Figure 15.10 (Olivares et al, 2009). This has a number of applications including the generation of precise laser intensity scales for exposing instrumentation, and laser printers, used in imaging (Duarte, 2001).…”

Quantum Optics and Laser Experiments

“…We compare the resonance width specified by the field pulsed character (235) with the radiation width: (Olivares et al, 2008(Olivares et al, , 2009, there has been an increase in activity in the field. A brief review of the experimental methods can be found in (Olivares, 2007(Olivares, , 2008Milonni, 2010).…”

Cold Atoms Experiments: Influence of Laser Intensity Imbalance on Cloud Formation

“…Following a number of initial experiments in a magneto optical trap published by us in the period 2008-2009(Olivares et al, 2008, 2009, there has been an increase in activity in the field. A brief review of the experimental methods can be found in (Olivares, 2007(Olivares, , 2008Milonni, 2010).…”