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Abstract:
Optical dipole traps are often used to provide an ultra-cold atom gas. Red
detuned dipole traps are in principal rather easy to implement since they only
consist of a focussed laser beam and without great complexity a potential minimum
can be achieved. Bigger issues are the optimization of these traps as the
intensity noise of the cw laser needs to be stabilized and thermal effects due to
the high laser power traveling though the optical elements need to be minimized.
