From:
twelve_second_vega_REMOVE_848444_THIS_@yahoo.com
Hmmmm...How shall I put this? My life does not
revolve around my Vega. I enjoy and have interest in
many, many things. One of them is Wreck Diving.
I don't try to control the topics people write in
this club. I'm not the founder. If I see something I'm
not interested in, I just skip over it. Why does a
post, directed to a specific club member, create such a
stir with you?
Interesting post you have
there...As I recall, an optical lattice is a
three-dimensional set of atoms ordered by several laser beams.
These laser beams damp the atomic velocity so the
typical atomic temperature is in the micro-Kelvin range.
Hence the term 'Laser-Cooled Atoms.'
This is a
dilute medium where the atomic density exhibits the same
spatial modulation as the light interference
pattern.
Many properties of optical lattices are similar
to those found in periodic and quasi-periodic solid
crystals but with totally different scales. Probe
transmission in the lattices exhibits Raman,Brillouin and
Rayleigh resonances which allow one to study localized
excitations and propagative and diffusive modes.
Is
this what you are referring to when you make reference
to an optical lattice as "defect-free analogs to
solid state systems?" I don't think I fully grasped the
comparison.
Fascinating with regard to their
potential as a storage media. That is the first I have
heard of this. How far off do you think the application
of this technology is???..Robert
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