Imaging an atomic beam using fluorescence
Ming He, Jin Wang, Mingsheng Zhan
A fluorescence detection scheme is applied to image an atomic beam. Using two laser diodes as the sources of detection light and pumping light respectively, the fluorescence image of the atomic beam is then observed by a commercial CCD-camera, which is corresponding to the atomic state and velocity distribution. The detection scheme has a great utilization in the experiments of cold atoms and atomic optics.
Chinese Optics Letters•Sep 20, 2003•3 citations