SQL Experimental Set-up (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

SQL Experimental Set-up

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To measure force, a cloud of atoms (gray oval) are trapped in an optical cavity created by two standing-wave light fields, ODT A and ODT B. The amplitude of ODT B is varied to create a force that is optomechanically transduced onto the phase of a probe light for measurement.

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Image courtesy of Dan Stamper-Kurn group

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