Optical manipulation of ultra cold gases and dipolar BCS [Elektronische Ressource] / von Łukasz Dobrek

Optical manipulation of ultra cold gases and Dipolar BCSVon dem Fachbereich Physikder Universi¨at Hannoverzur Erlangung des Grades einesDoktors der NaturwissenschaftenDr. rer. nat.genehmigte Dissertation vonDipl.-Phys. L ukasz Dobrekgeboren am 10.11.1976 in Warszawa/Polen2003Referent: Prof. Dr. Maciej LewensteinKoreferent: Prof. Dr. Jan ArtlTag der Promotion: 19 Juni 2003AbstractPhysics of ultra cold atoms and molecules is one of the most rapidly developing areas of the modernatomic, molecular, optical physics and quantum optics. This area covers several sub-areas of diverse im-portance, but definitely two trends can be easily identifies: i) fundamental research on properties of ultracold atoms and molecules, and in particular atomic and molecular condensates trapped and lattice gases;here the fundamental questions of nature and form of phase transitions in degenerate systems are beingposed and studied; ii) more applications oriented research on ultracold atoms and molecules, involving inparticular applications in precision measurements, atomic clocks, frequency standards, atom and moleculeinterferometry, quantum information, quantum engineering, ”super” chemistry etc.This thesis concerns both of these major trends.