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Single-beam optical bottle for cold atoms using a conical lens

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We report a new method to generate an optical dipole potential with a null intensity region surrounded in all directions by light walls. This is achieved with a simple scheme based on a conical lens. Applications to optical trapping of neutral atoms are discussed.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (INFM), Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, , , , , , IT

    L. Cacciapuoti & G.M. Tino

  2. Istituto di Cibernetica del CNR, via Toiano 6, 80072 Arco Felice, Italy, , , , , , IT

    M. de Angelis & G. Pierattini

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  1. L. Cacciapuoti
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Received 4 September 2000 and Received in final form 21 January 2001

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Cacciapuoti, L., de Angelis, M., Pierattini, G. et al. Single-beam optical bottle for cold atoms using a conical lens. Eur. Phys. J. D 14, 373–376 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170205

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