A cesium magneto-optical trap for cold collisions studies

Year: 1996

Authors: Grego S., Colla M., Fioretti A., Muller J.H., Verkerk P., Arimondo E.

Autors Affiliation: Unità INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, Italy; Oersted Laboratory, Niels Bohr Institute, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Scuola Normale Superiore, 56126 Pisa, Piazza dei Cavalieri 6, Italy; Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Ecl. Normale Supérieure, Paris Cedex 6, 24 rue Lhomond, France

Abstract: A cesium magneto-optical trap operating at a large atomic density in multiple scattering regime has been investigated The trap operates with a large Rabi frequency for trapping lasers, The atomic number, the dimension of the atomic cloud, the atomic density, and the atomic temperature have been measured as a function of trap parameters. At different trap conditions, the product of the atomic number and of the atomic density, which determines the occurrence of collisional processes, has been also examined. Our results are interpreted on the basis of laser cooling processes.

Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

Volume: 132 (5-6)      Pages from: 519  to: 526

KeyWords: Vapor-cell; Atoms; Temperature
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4018(96)00417-8

Citations: 21
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