School of Physics - Optics Group

Atom optics publications

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Refereed publications

  1. State-selective imaging of cold atoms

    David V. Sheludko, Simon C. Bell, Russell Anderson, Christoph S. Hofmann, Edgar J. D. Vredenbregt,and Robert E. Scholten,
    Phys. Rev. A 77 033401 (2008).
  2. Modelling of classical ghost images obtained using scattered light

    Crosby S, Castelletto S, Aruldoss C, Scholten RE and Roberts A,
    New J. Phys. 9 285 (2007).
  3. Modeling of classical ghost images formed using pseudo-thermal light sources

    Crosby S, Castelletto S, Roberts A and Scholten R,
    Proc. SPIE Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging V,
    Ronald E. Meyers, Yanhua Shih, Keith S. Deacon, Editors, 6710 671002 (Sep. 25, 2007).
  4. Laser frequency offset locking using electromagnetically induced transparency

    Bell SC, Heywood DM, White JD, Close JD, Scholten RE, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 171120 (2007).
    Reprinted with permission from SC Bell et al., Applied Physics Letters, 90, 171120 (2007). Copyright (2007) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The article may be found at Appl. Phys. Lett. 90 171120 (2007).

  5. State-selective diffraction contrast imaging of cold atoms

    Sheludko DV, Bell SC, Vredenbregt EJD and Scholten RE,
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 80 012040 (2007).
    doi:10.1088/1742-6596/80/1/012040
  6. Enhanced laser shutter using a hard disk drive voice-coil actuator

    Scholten RE, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78 (2) 026101 (2007).
    Copyright (2007) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The article may be found at Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78 026101 (2007).

  7. Theoretical calculation of saturated absorption spectra for multi-level atoms

    Maguire LP, van Bijnen RMW, Mese E and Scholten RE, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39 2709–2720 (2006).
    Copyright (2006) IOP Publishing Ltd. The article may be found at doi:10.1088/0953-4075/39/12/007.

  8. Blue five-level frequency-upconversion system in rubidium

    Meijer T, White JD, Smeets B, Jeppesen M and Scholten RE, Opt. Lett. 31(7) 1002–1004 (2006).
    Copyright (2006) by the Optical Society of America. The article may be found at http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-7-1002.

  9. Coherent blue laser beam production in a rubidium vapour cell

    Jeppesen M, White JD, Domen KFEM, Meijer T and Scholten RE, AOS News 19(1) 21–24 (March 2005).
    Copyright (2005) by the Australian Optical Society.

  10. Diffraction-contrast imaging of cold atoms

    Turner LD, Domen KFEM and Scholten RE, Phys. Rev. A 72 031403(R) (2005).
    Copyright (2005) by the American Physical Society. The article may be found at DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.031403

  11. High performance laser shutter using a hard disk drive voice-coil actuator

    Maguire LP, Szilagyi S and Scholten RE, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75 (9) 3077–3079 (2004).
    Copyright (2004) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The article may be found at Rev. Sci. Instrum. v75 p3077 (2004).

    Unfortunately there is an error in the circuit (FIG 2) of the shutter paper. Q2 and Q5 are shown inverted (drain and source are swapped). Further information is available on our technical shutter webpage. An erratum has been published as Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78 019903 (2007).

  12. X-ray phase imaging: Demonstration of extended conditions with homogeneous objects

    Turner LD, Dhal BB, Jayes JP, Mancuso AP, Nugent KA, Paterson D, Scholten RE, Tran CQ and Peele AG, Optics Express 12 (13) 2960–2965 (2004).
    Copyright (2004) by the Optical Society of America. The article is freely available at www.opticsexpress.org.

  13. Off-resonant defocus-contrast imaging of cold atoms

    Turner LD, Weber KP, Paganin D and Scholten RE, Opt. Lett. 29 (3) 232–234 (2004).
    Copyright (2004) by the Optical Society of America.

  14. Barrier-limited surface diffusion in atom lithography

    te Sligte E, van der Stam KMR, Smeets B, van der Straten P, Scholten RE, Beijerinck HCW, van Leeuwen KAH, J. Appl. Phys. 95 (4) 1749–1755 (2004).
    Copyright (2004) by the American Institute of Physics.
    Note: this paper is the work of the AQT group at TU/e, Eindhoven University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

  15. Fundamental noise limitations to supercontinuum generation in microstructure fiber

    Corwin KL, Newbury NR, Dudley JM, Coen S, Diddams SA, Weber K and Windeler RS, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (11) 113904 (2004).
    Copyright (2004) by the American Physical Society.
    Note: this paper is the work of the Time and Frequency Division, NIST, Boulder, Colorado, USA and is included here due to the involvement of Karl Weber while a PhD student at Melbourne and Guest Researcher at NIST.

  16. Laser frequency stabilization using an Fe-Ar hollow cathode discharge cell

    Smeets B, Bosch RCM, van der Straten P, te Sligte E, Scholten RE, Beijerinck HCW, van Leeuwen KAH, Appl. Phys. B 76 (8) 815–819 (2003).
    Copyright (2003) Springer.
    Note: this paper is the work of the AQT group at TU/e, Eindhoven University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

  17. Progress towards atom lithography on iron

    te Sligte E, Smeets B, Bosch RCM, van der Stam KMR, Maguire LP, Scholten RE, Beijerinck HCW, van Leeuwen KAH, Microelectronic Engineering 67–68 664–669 (2003).
    Copyright (2003) Elsevier Science.
    Note: this paper is the work of the AQT group at TU/e, Eindhoven University, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

  18. Noninterferometric phase imaging of neutral atoms

    Fox PJ, Mackin TR, Turner LD, Colton I, Nugent KA and Scholten RE, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 19 (8) 1773–1776 (2002).
    Copyright (2002) by the Optical Society of America.

  19. A sub-Doppler bandwidth atomic optical filter

    Turner LD, Karaganov V, Teubner PJO and Scholten RE, Opt. Lett. 27 (7) 500–502 (2002).
    Copyright (2002) by the Optical Society of America.

  20. Frequency noise characterization of narrow linewidth diode lasers

    Turner LD, Weber KP, Hawthorn CJ and Scholten RE, Opt. Communic. 201 391–397 (2002).
    Reprinted from Optics Communications, Vol 201, Turner LD, Weber KP, Hawthorn CJ and Scholten RE, Frequency noise characterization of narrow linewidth diode lasers, Pages 391–397, Copyright (2002), with permission from Elsevier Science.

  21. One-dimensional laser cooling of an atomic beam in a sealed vapor cell

    Vale CJ, Walkiewicz MR, Farrell PM and Scholten RE, Am. J. Phys. 70 71–75 (2002).
    Copyright (2002) American Association of Physics Teachers. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Association of Physics Teachers. The article may be found at Am. J. Phys. v70 p71 (2002).

  22. Quantitative imaging of phase dislocations

    Walford JN, Nugent KA, Roberts A and Scholten RE, Opt. Lett. 27 (5) 345–347 (2002).
    Copyright (2002) by the Optical Society of America.

  23. Littrow configuration tunable external cavity diode laser with fixed direction output beam,

    Hawthorn CJ, Weber KP and Scholten RE, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72 4477–4479 (2001).
    Copyright (2001) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The article may be found at Rev. Sci. Instrum. v72 p4477 (2001).

  24. Excimer laser ablation used for the fabrication of micro-optic phase and diffraction elements

    Harvey EC, Hayes JP, Dempster BC, Mackin TR, Scholten RE, Proc. SPIE 4075, p152–158, Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Richard R. Syms; Ed. (2000).

  25. Near-field scanning optical microscopy of electromagnetic field structures, Near field optics: principles and applications,

    Huntington ST, Horsfall A, Rhodes SK, Walford JN, Barty A, Nugent KA, Roberts A and Scholten RE, X Zhu and M Ohtsu, Eds., p43–57, World Scientific, Singapore (2000).

  26. Candlestick rubidium beam source

    Walkiewicz MR, Fox PJ and Scholten RE, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 71 3342–3344 (2000).
    Copyright (2001) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The article may be found at Rev. Sci. Instrum. v71 p3342 (2001).

  27. Three dimensional phase imaging with a scanning optical fibre interferometer

    Walford JN, Nugent KA, Roberts A and Scholten RE, Applied Optics 38 3508–3515 (1999).
    Copyright (1999) by the Optical Society of America.

  28. Non-linear interactions of multilevel atoms with a near-resonant standing wave

    O’Kane TJ, Scholten RE, Farrell PM and Walkiewicz MR, Phys. Rev. A 59 4485–4493 (1999).
    Copyright (1999) by the American Physical Society. The article may be found at Phys Rev A v59 p4485 (1999).

  29. Superelastic scattering with imperfect laser polarization

    Scholten RE, Karaganov V, Farrell PM and Teubner PJO, Phys. Rev. A 59 330–336 (1999).
    Copyright (1999) by the American Physical Society. The article may be found at Phys Rev A v59 p330 (1999).

  30. A reliable, compact and low-cost Michelson wavemeter for laser wavelength measurement

    Fox PJ, Scholten RE, Walkiewicz MR and Drullinger RE, Am. J. Phys. 67 624–630 (1999).
    Copyright (1999) American Association of Physics Teachers. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Association of Physics Teachers. The article may be found at Am. J. Phys. v67 p624 (1999).

  31. Calculating trajectories for atoms in near-resonant lightfields

    Scholten RE, O’Kane TJ, Mackin TR, Hunt TA and Farrell PM, Aust. J. Phys. 52 493–514 (1999).
    Copyright (1999) by CSIRO.

  32. Micro-Optical Structures for Atom Lithography Studies,

    Harvey EC, Mackin TR, Dempster BC and Scholten RE, Proc. SPIE 3892 266–273, Device and Process Technologies for MEMS and Microelectronics, K. Chau, S. Dimitrijev; Eds. (1999). © 2000 SPIE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the SPIE.

  33. Laser collimation of a chromium beam,

    Scholten RE, Gupta R, McClelland JJ, Celotta RJ, Levenson MS and Vangel MG, Phys. Rev. A 55 1331–1338 (1997).
    Copyright (1999) by the American Physical Society. The article may be found at Phys Rev A v55 p1331 (1999).

  34. Transverse laser cooling of a velocity-selected sodium atomic beam

    Milic D, Baldwin KGH, Hoogerland MD and Scholten RE, Quantum. Semiclass. Opt. 8 629–640 (1996).
    Copyright (1996) by the Institute of Physics. The article may be found at Quantum. Semiclass. Opt. 8 629–640 (1996).

  35. Nanostructure fabrication via laser-focused atomic deposition

    Celotta RJ, Gupta R, Scholten RE and McClelland JJ, J. Appl. Phys. 79 6079–6083 (1996).
    Copyright (1996) American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The article may be found at J. Appl. Phys. v79 p6079 (1996).

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Created: 10 March, 1999
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Authorised and maintained by: A/Prof. R. Scholten, School of Physics