Collision-assisted Zeeman cooling of neutral atoms

Year: 2001

Authors: Ferrari G.

Autors Affiliation: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Département de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France; INFM sezione Firenze, largo E. Fermi 2, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Abstract: We propose a new method to cool gaseous samples of neutral atoms. The gas is confined in a non dissipative optical trap in the presence of an homogeneous magnetic field. The method accumulates atoms in the m(F) = 0 Zeeman sub-level. Cooling occurs via collisions that produce atoms in m(F) not equal 0 states. Thanks to the second order Zeeman effect kinetic energy is transformed into internal energy and recycling of atoms is ensured by optical pumping. This method may allow quantum degeneracy to be reached by purely optical means.

Journal/Review: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL D

Volume: 13 (1)      Pages from: 67  to: 70

KeyWords: ultracold gases; inelastic collision; cooling
DOI: 10.1007/PL00011156

Citations: 6
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