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OMP/LuMI OMP/LuMI Cold atoms, atom interferometry & clocks Hlne Perrin (Laboratoire de physique des lasers, Paris 13, CNRS) Jrme Lodewyck (Syrte, Observatoire de Paris, UPMC, CNRS) Scientific topics Cooling, trapping, and atom
Hélène Perrin (Laboratoire de physique des lasers, Paris 13, CNRS) Jérôme Lodewyck (Syrte, Observatoire de Paris, UPMC, CNRS)
Cooling, trapping, and atom manipulation with light Matter waves – Atom interferometry Precision measurements: atomic clocks and atom interferometers
A very active domain of research
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Nobel Prize 2001 400 nK 200 nK 50 nK Laser-based Precision Spectroscopy and Frequency Comb Technique
Nobel Prize 2005
Five Nobel prizes over 25 years
Laser Cooling and Trapping
Nobel Prize 1997
1997 2001 2005 2012
Measuring and anipulation of individual quantum systems Ion clocks
Nobel Prize 2012 Separated oscillatory fields method N.F. Ramsey Ion trap technique H.G. Dehmelt, W.Paul Nobel Prize 1987
1987
Laser cooling and atom interferometry (4 lectures + ex. classes)
Atomic clocks (3 lectures + exercice classes)
½ day lab class in an IFRAF laboratory
Lab class report (4 points) 3h written exam during the last session (16 points)