Domaines
Quantum gases
Type de stage
Expérimental Description
The Master 2 internship aims at conceiving, realizing and testing a tunable optical
lattices. The conception of the optical system realizing the tunable lattice will carefully
consider optimizing the lattice depth and homogeneity, as well as easing the tuning of the
lattice configuration on the experiment. Numerical calculations of the physical parameters
of the tunable lattice in the various configurations (e.g. tunnelling amplitude, on-site
interaction energy) will be realized, to prepare the appropriate choice of parameters of the
future studies. A substantial part of the internship will be dedicated the experimental
characterization of the laser source used to create the tunable lattice. A self-heterodyne
interferometer will be built on a test bench to precisely measure the phase noise of the
laser, the latter being the most sensitive property affecting the lattice potential that results
from interferences between retroflected laser beams.
Contact
David CLEMENT