Experiments with imprisoned atoms and cooled atomic beams

• Grant number: 93/03501-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: April 01, 1994
• End date: March 31, 1997
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Grantee: Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física e Química de São Carlos (IFQSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant(s): 96/03788-0 - 1) optical control of cold collisions and their implications in bose-einstein condensation., AR.EXT; 95/00499-5 - Kristian P. Helmerson | National Institute of Standards and Technology - Estados Unidos, AV.EXT; 94/02147-6 - Weakly interacting bose gas and optical manipulation of the gas properties., AR.EXT

Abstract

We propose to carry out experiments involving decelerated and trapped cold atoms. Using the techniques we developed and studied in recent years, we will study the formation of spatial structures with cold atoms, collisional processes, ion trapping, and others. (AU)