PyLCP: a Python package for computing laser cooling physics

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2021.108166MaRDI QIDQ6162820zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Stephen Eckel, Daniel S. Barker, Eric B. Norrgard, Julia Scherschligt

Publication date 16 June 2023

Published in Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07979

zbMATH Keywords

atomic physicslaser cooling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) PDEs with randomness, stochastic partial differential equations (35R60) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to optics and electromagnetic theory (78-04) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Atomic physics (81V45) Molecular physics (81V55) Quantum optics (81V80) Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C41)

Abstract: We present a python object-oriented computer program for simulating various aspects of laser cooling physics. Our software is designed to be both easy to use and adaptable, allowing the user to specify the level structure, magnetic field profile, or the laser beams' geometry, detuning, and intensity. The program contains three levels of approximation for the motion of the atom, applicable in different regimes offering cross checks for calculations and computational efficiency depending on the physical situation. We test the software by reproducing well-known phenomena, such as damped Rabi flopping, electromagnetically induced transparency, stimulated Raman adiabatic passage, and optical molasses. We also use our software package to quantitatively simulate recoil-limited magneto-optical traps, like those formed on the narrow ${}^1$S${}_{0}ightarro{w}^3$P${}_1$ transition in ${}^{88}$Sr and ${}^{87}$Sr.

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