Open AccessMultiple scattering and the density distribution of a Cs MOT
Author(s) -
K. Richard Overstreet,
Patrick Zabawa,
Jonathan Tallant,
Arne Schwettmann,
James P. Shaffer
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.009672
Subject(s) - optics , scattering , gaussian , physics , forward scatter , light scattering , computational physics , quantum mechanics
Multiple scattering is studied in a Cs magneto-optical trap (MOT). We use two Abel inversion algorithms to recover density distributions of the MOT from fluorescence images. Deviations of the density distribution from a Gaussian are attributed to multiple scattering.