Abstract
By intersecting four linearly polarized laser beams, we produce a 3D optical lattice: a standing wave pattern of laser polarization which induces a spatially periodic array of light shifts for near-resonant atoms. The optical potential associated with these light shifts constitutes a lattice of nearly harmonic potential wells in which atoms may become trapped.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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