Dark-spot atomic-beam slowing for on-axis loading of traps

被引：27

作者：

Miranda, SG

Muniz, SR

Telles, GD

Marcassa, LG

Helmerson, K

Bagnato, VS

机构：

[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Fis Sao Carlos, BR-13560970 Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil

[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1999年 / 59卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.59.882

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We have performed continuous slowing of an atomic beam to load a magneto-optical trap (MOT) on axis. To avoid the undesirable effects of the strong slowing laser on the performance of the MOT, a dark spot in the center of the slowing laser beam is used. We varied the spot size and the slowing-laser frequency and intensity to optimize the number of trapped atoms. Our "dark-spot'' slowing increased the number of trapped atoms by a factor of 30, allowing us to trap similar to 10(9) atoms in the MOT. [S1050-2947(99)00401-1].

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页码：882 / 885

页数：4

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