Laser system for cold atom experiments in optical surface trap

• Main Author: Ma, Ruichao
• Other Authors: Rainer Helmut Dumke
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/17047
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this final year project, a compact laser system is built and characterized for cold atom experiments with 87Rb atoms. We build 2 tunable grating stabilized external cavity diode lasers (ECDLs) at 780nm, serving as the lasers for cooling and trapping of the atoms. The power from one of the ECDL is...