Thesis (PhD) - Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, 2008. / Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Centre for Atom Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, 2008. Typescript. Bibliography: p. 143-158.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [120]-123).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1932. / Cover title. "Reprinted from the Physical review, vol. 43, no. 2 ... January 15, 1933."

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisor: Mark Raizen. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, December 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

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Thesis (MTech (Electrical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. / In this research, we undertake a numerical study of the interaction between laser beams and two as well as multi-level atoms. The main aim of this research is to obtain a deeper understanding of laser-atom interactions and non-linear processes such as optical four-wave mixing. This work will supplement experiments to be conducted by other members of the group, who are involved in generating entangled photons via four-wave mixing in cold rubidium atoms. We begin by performing a basic study of the interaction between laser beams and two-level atoms as an aid to gain knowledge of numerical techniques, as well as an understanding of the physics behind light-atom interactions. We make use of a semi-classical approach to describe the system where the atoms are treated quantum mechanically and the laser beams are treated classically. We study the interaction between atoms and laser beams using the density matrix operator and Maxwell's equations respectively. By solving the optical Bloch equations for two-level atoms we examine the atomic populations and coherences and present plots of the density matrix elements as a function of time. The e ects of various parameters such as laser intensity, detuning and laser modulation have been tested. The behaviour of the laser beam as it propagates through the atomic sample is also studied. This is determined by Maxwell's equation where the atomic polarization is estimated from the coherence terms of the density matrix elements. / French South African Institute of Technology National Research Foundation

Este trabalho consiste basicamente em dois experimentos: Determinação da equação de estado de um gás frio aprisionado, e na comparação das temperaturas de uma amostra de átomos confinadas em dois tipos de armadilhas magneto-ópticas. No primeiro experimento utilizamos a generalização do conceito de pressão e volume que foram redefinidos de maneira apropriada para alcançamos uma equação de estado. Experimentalmente nossa amostra apresentou um desvio do esperado para um gás ideal, dessa forma utilizamos uma expansão virial com as novas definições de pressão e volume para investigar as interações entre os átomos. Já no segundo experimento utilizamos uma técnica que mede transiente temporal da absorção do feixe pelos átomos através de um fotodetector para a obtenção da temperatura. Neste experimento obtemos temperaturas equivalentes para as duas armadilhas. / This work consists of two experiments: Determination of the state equation a trapped cold gas, and the comparison of the temperatures of confined atoms in two types of magneto-optical traps. For the first experiment we generalized and defined a new pressure and volume concept and we reached a state equation. Experimentally our sample presented a deviation of the ideal gas, in that way we used a virial expansion with the new pressure and volume definitions to investigate the interactions among the atoms. In the second experiment we used a technique that measures temporal variation of the absorption of a probe beam that crosses the atoms by a photodetector, witch gives us the information about the temperature. We have found equivalent temperatures for the two traps.