Trapping and cooling of potassium isotopes in a double-magneto-optical-trap apparatus

Year: 1999

Authors: Prevedelli M., Cataliotti F.S., Cornell EA., Ensher J.R., Fort C., Ricci L., Tino G.M., Inguscio M.

Autors Affiliation: FM, European Lab Non Linear Spect, LENS, I-50125 Florence, Italy; Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50125 Florence, Italy; Univ Colorado, Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Joint Inst Lab Astrophys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA; Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA; Univ Trent, Dipartimento Fis, INFM, I-38050 Trento, Italy; Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Fisiche, INFM, I-80126 Naples, Italy.

Abstract: We report on the efficient operation of a double-magneto-optical-trap (MOT) apparatus for potassium isotopes. Mechanisms for the cooling and the transfer between the two MOTs are studied. A magnetic quadrupole trap has been loaded from the second MOT; density and temperature appear to be promising for starting runaway evaporative cooling. [S1050-2947(99)03201-1].

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 59 (1)      Pages from: 886  to: 888

KeyWords: Bose-einstein Condensation; Ultracold K-39 Atoms; Photoassociative Spectroscopy; Collisions
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.886

Citations: 36
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