Laser Noise Induced Heating in Far Off Resonance Optical Traps

T. A. Savard; K. M. O’Hara; J. E. Thomas

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1997),
paper QPD6

Laser Noise Induced Heating in Far Off Resonance Optical Traps

T. A. Savard, K. M. O’Hara, and J. E. Thomas

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 1997

Baltimore, Maryland United States
18–23 May 1997
ISBN: 1-55752-501-3

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T. A. Savard, K. M. O’Hara, and J. E. Thomas, "Laser Noise Induced Heating in Far Off Resonance Optical Traps," in Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, J. Bokor, R. Slusher, P. Bucksbaum, and R. Falcone, eds., Vol. 12 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1997), paper QPD6.

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Abstract

We calculate the heating rates arising from laser intensity noise and beam pointing fluctuations in far off resonance optical traps. Achievement of long heating time constants imposes stringent requirements on the laser noise spectra.

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