Advanced Techniques in Atomic Physics

这个建议是为了继续激光冷却和俘获的研究，扩展到使用斯塔克光谱来提供实验室电场和原子常数之间的联系。激光冷却工作试图提供基于拉曼共振的各种冷却机制的统一图像。在原子运动不再是经典的，而必须用量子力学来描述的极限情况下，这幅图是适用的。蒙特卡罗波函数模拟正在发展，以得到一个完整的激光冷却量子理论，其物理图像直观地令人满意。第二个主要研究领域是利用斯塔克光谱的干涉缩小，在实验室电场和原子常数之间提供直接的高精度联系。＊＊＊

Metcalf This proposal is for continuation of research in laser cooling and trapping with extension to the use of Stark spectra to provide a link between laboratory electric fields and atomic constants. The laser cooling work attempts to provide a unified picture of the various cooling mechanism based on Raman resonances. The picture would be applicable in the limit where atomic motion is no longer classical but must be described quantum mechanically. Monte-Carlo wave function simulations are being developed to arrive at a complete quantum theory of laser cooling whose physical picture is intuitively satisfying. A second major area of research is directed to providing a direct high-accuracy link between laboratory electric fields and atomic constants using interference narrowing of Stark spectra. ***