Bloch Oscillations of Atoms in an Optical Potential
Maxime DahanLaboratoire Kastler Brossel, Departement de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FranceE. PeikLaboratoire Kastler Brossel, Departement de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FranceJakob ReichelLaboratoire Kastler Brossel, Departement de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FranceYvan CastinLaboratoire Kastler Brossel, Departement de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FranceChristophe SalomonLaboratoire Kastler Brossel, Departement de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
1996en
ABI
Abstract
Ultracold cesium atoms are prepared in the ground energy band of the potential induced by an optical standing wave. We observe Bloch oscillations of the atoms driven by a constant inertial force. We measure the momentum distribution of Bloch states and effective masses different from the mass of the free atom.
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