Feedback control of atomic motion in an optical lattice. Phys Rev Lett 2002 Mar 04;88(9):093003
Date
02/28/2002Pubmed ID
11864001DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.093003Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85038284721 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 1 CitationAbstract
We demonstrate a real-time feedback scheme to manipulate wave-packet oscillations of atoms in an optical lattice. The average position of the atoms in the lattice wells is measured continuously and nondestructively. A feedback loop processes the position signal and translates the lattice potential. Depending on the feedback loop characteristics, we find amplification, damping, or an entire alteration of the wave-packet oscillations. Our results are well supported by simulations.