Simultaneous magneto-optical trapping of two lithium isotopes

Year: 2000

Authors: Mewes M.O., Ferrari G., Schreck F., Sinatra A., Salomon C.

Autors Affiliation: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Superieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

Abstract: We confine 4×10(8) fermionic Li-6 atoms simultaneously with 9×10(9) bosonic Li-7 atoms in a magnetooptical trap based on an all-semiconductor laser system. We optimize the two-isotope sample for sympathetic evaporative cooling. This is an essential step towards the production of a quantum-degenerate gas of fermionic lithium atoms.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 61 (1)      Pages from: 011403  to: 011403

KeyWords: laser cooling; lithium; mixtures; isotopic mixtures;
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.011403

Citations: 79
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