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View SchemaDiffraction-contrast imaging of cold atoms
| Authors | L. D. Turner, K. F. E. M. Domen, R. E. Scholten |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0501057 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0501057 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.031403 |
Abstract
We consider the inverse problem of in-line holography, applied to minimally-destructive imaging of cold atom clouds. Absorption imaging near-resonance provides a simple, but destructive measurement of atom column density. Imaging off resonance greatly reduces heating, and sequential images may be taken. Under the conditions required for off-resonant imaging, the generally-intractable inverse problem may be linearized. A minimally-destructive, quantitative and high-resolution image of the atom cloud column density is then retrieved from a single diffraction pattern.
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