Bloch oscillations with cold atoms

Christophe Salomon

CNRS, ENS, Departement de Physique, Paris, France

We will describe early experiments on Bloch oscillations with cold atoms in artificial periodic potentials. These potentials are created by laser light and offer a great degree of controlability over the system. We will also give a quantum optics description of Bloch oscillations and discuss some modern developments.

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