Cold atom ring laser

Megyeri, Balázs (2019). Cold atom ring laser. University of Birmingham. Ph.D.

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Abstract

This thesis will describe a cold atom ring laser that uses a cloud of magneto-optically trapped potassium atoms as a gain medium and a ring cavity for feedback. Some upgrades to the experiment were necessary, which include a new imaging axis in the vacuum system, a new atom source, alignment of some new optics and detectors to measure the powers and transverse intensity profiles of both counterpropagating cavity modes, and a new tapered amplifier for the magneto-optical trapping beams. The lasing threshold, gain mechanism, intensity correlations, and lasing into the two counterpropagating cavity modes were investigated. The results showed several transverse patterns at the lasing outputs, a threshold as a function of atom number, Mollow gain, a at second-order coherence above threshold, clearly distinguishable from that of fluorescence, nonreciprocity of the TEM\(_{00}\) transverse mode as a function of cavity length, and anticorrelated counterpropagating modes.

Type of Work:	Thesis (Doctorates > Ph.D.)
Award Type:	Doctorates > Ph.D.
Supervisor(s):	Supervisor(s) Email ORCID Goldwin, Jon UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bongs, Kai UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Licence:	All rights reserved
College/Faculty:	Colleges (2008 onwards) > College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
School or Department:	School of Physics and Astronomy
Funders:	None/not applicable
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
URI:	http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/9492

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