Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis presents a study on the realisation of a usable rubidium atomic beam inside a sealed vapour cell. A velocity selective optical pumping scheme was implemented to enable the detection of atoms of a particular velocity class travelling between two separated laser beams. This represents a new spectroscopic technique, the usefulness of which has been demonstrated through its applications. In the present work, the vapour cell atomic beam has been used to measure Larmor precession of polarised atoms in a magnetic field and one-dimensional laser cooling.
Degree
thesis:*- Name dc:type.qualificationname
- phd
- Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
- doctoral
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Victoria University of Technology
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2000
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Vale, Christopher John
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- en