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F. Pereira Dos Santos F. Perales J. Léonard A. Sinatra Junmin Wang F. Saverio Pavone E. Rasel C.S. Unnikrishnan M. Leduc 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2001,14(1):15-22
We present experimental results on the two-body loss rates in a magneto-optical trap of metastable helium atoms. Absolute
rates are measured in a systematic way for several laser detunings ranging from -5 to -30 MHz and at different intensities,
by monitoring the decay of the trap fluorescence. The dependence of the two-body loss rate coefficient β on the excited state
( 23
P
2) and metastable state ( 23
S
1) populations is also investigated. From these results we infer a rather uniform rate constant K
sp = (1±0.4)×10-7 cm3/s.
Received 8 September 2000 and Received in final form 19 December 2000 相似文献
2.
A. Mosk S. Kraft M. Mudrich K. Singer W. Wohlleben R. Grimm M. Weidemüller 《Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics》2001,73(8):791-799
We present the first simultaneous trapping of two different ultracold atomic species in a conservative trap. Lithium and cesium
atoms are stored in an optical dipole trap formed by the focus of a CO2 laser. Techniques for loading both species of atoms are discussed and observations of elastic and inelastic collisions between
the two species are presented. A model for sympathetic cooling of two species with strongly different mass in the presence
of slow evaporation is developed. From the observed Cs-induced evaporation of Li atoms we estimate a cross-section for cold
elastic Li-Cs collisions.
Received: 1 August 2001 / Published online: 23 November 2001 相似文献
3.
V. Wippel C. Binder L. Windholz 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2002,21(1):101-104
In a magneto-optical trap (MOT) we are able to simultaneously trap and cool 7Li and Na. We investigated the loading behavior of the cloud of Li atoms in presence of the overlapped cloud of cold Na atoms,
and, by blocking the weak repumping beam for Na, compared it with the loading curve for Li atoms only. Out of these loading
curves we calculated the collision cross-section of Na on Li to be 10-11 cm
3
/s.
Received 11 January 2002 / Received in final form 5 April 2002 Published online 24 September 2002 相似文献
4.
An atom faucet 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
W. Wohlleben F. Chevy K. Madison J. Dalibard 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2001,15(2):237-244
We present a simple and efficient source of slow atoms. From a background vapour loaded magneto-optical trap (MOT), a thin
laser beam extracts a continuous jet of cold rubidium atoms. The jet that is typical to leaking MOT systems is created without
any optical parts placed inside the vacuum chamber. We also present a simple three dimensional numerical simulation of the
atomic motion in the presence of these multiple saturating laser fields combined with the inhomogeneous magnetic field of
the MOT. At a pressure of P
Rb87 = 10-8 mbar and with a moderate laser power of 10 mW per beam, we generate a flux Φ = 1.3×108 atoms/s with a mean velocity of 14 m/s and a divergence of 10 mrad.
Received 13 January 2001 相似文献
5.
Photoassociation of ultracold heteronuclear 6Li7Li molecules is observed inside a combined magneto-optical trap for 6Li and 7Li. The trapped atomic cloud is illuminated by a tunable single-mode laser and the number of trapped 7Li atoms is monitored by absorption spectroscopy. Characteristic hyperfine resolved spectra have been recorded for singlet
spin orientation. Interesting saturation effects have been observed.
Received: 12 July 2001 / Revised version: 1 October 2001 / Published online: 23 November 2001 相似文献
6.
D. Lucas P. Horak G. Grynberg 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》1999,7(3):261-267
We study one-dimensional Sisyphus cooling on the transition of
87
Rb atoms in the electric field created by two counter-propagating linearly polarized laser beams with an angle of between the polarization directions. The neighbouring F
'=0 and F
'=2 excited states are found to play an important role in the cooling mechanism, e.g., by inhibiting a significant population of the velocity-selective dark state. Our experimental data, such as temperatures
and probe absorption coefficients, agree well with the results of quantum Monte-Carlo wavefunction simulations.
Received 26 November 1998 and Received in final form 20 April 1999 相似文献
7.
U. Schlöder H. Engler U. Schünemann R. Grimm M. Weidemüller 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》1999,7(3):331-340
We investigate collisional properties of lithium and cesium which are simultaneously confined in a combined magneto-optical
trap. Trap-loss collisions between the two species are comprehensively studied. Different inelastic collision channels are
identified, and inter-species rate coefficients as well as cross-sections are determined. It is found that loss rates are
independent of the optical excitation of Li, as a consequence of the repulsive Li*-Cs interaction. Li and Cs loss by inelastic inter-species collisions can completely be attributed to processes involving
optically excited cesium (fine-structure changing collisions and radiative escape). By lowering the trap depth for Li, an
additional loss channel of Li is observed which results from ground-state Li-Cs collisions changing the hyperfine state of
cesium.
Received 28 December 1998 and Received in final form 16 February 1999 相似文献
8.
We investigate the production of long-lived metastable (43
P
2
) calcium atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) operating on the 41
S
0
?41
P
1
transition at 423 nm. For excited 41
P
1
atoms a weak decay channel into the triplet states 43
P
2
and 43
P
1
exists via the 31
D
2
state. The undesired 43
P
1
atoms decay back to the ground state within 0.4 ms and can be fully recaptured if the illuminated trap volume is sufficientlylarge.
We obtain a flux of above 1010 atoms/s into the 43
P
2
state. We find that our MOT lifetime of 23 ms is mainly limited by this loss channel, and thus the 43
P
2
production is not hampered by inelastic collisions. If we close the loss channel by repumping the 31
D
2
atoms with a 671 nm laser back into the MOT cycling transition, a non-exponential 72 ms trap decay is observed, indicating
the presence of inelastic two-body collisions between 41
S
0
and 41
P
1
atoms.
Received: 10 July 2001 / Revised version: 22 October 2001 / Published online: 23 November 2001 相似文献
9.
A continuous cold atomic beam from a magneto-optical trap 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
L. Cacciapuoti A. Castrillo M. de Angelis G.M. Tino 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2001,15(2):245-249
We have developed and characterized a new method to produce a continuous beam of cold atoms from a standard vapour-cell magneto-optical
trap (MOT). The experimental apparatus is very simple. Using a single laser beam it is possible to hollow out in the source
MOT a direction of unbalanced radiation pressure along which cold atoms can be accelerated out of the trap. The transverse
cooling process that takes place during the extraction reduces the beam divergence. The atomic beam is used to load a magneto-optical
trap operating in an ultra-high vacuum environment. At a vapour pressure of 10-8mbar in the loading cell, we have produced a continuous flux of 7×107atoms/s at the recapture cell with a mean velocity of 14 m/s. A comparison of this method with a pulsed transfer scheme is
presented.
Received 19 February 2001 相似文献
10.
F. Pereira Dos Santos J. Léonard Junmin Wang C. J. Barrelet F. Perales E. Rasel C. S. Unnikrishnan M. Leduc C. Cohen-Tannoudji 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2002,19(1):103-109
We recently observed a Bose-Einstein condensate in a dilute gas of 4He in the 23S1 metastable state. In this article, we describe the successive experimental steps which led to the Bose-Einstein transition
at 4.7 μK: loading of a large number of atoms in a MOT, efficient transfer into a magnetic Ioffé-Pritchard trap, and optimization
of the evaporative cooling ramp. Quantitative measurements are also given for the rates of elastic and inelastic collisions,
both above and below the transition.
Received 15 October 2001 相似文献
11.
J. S. Bakos G. P. Djotyan P. N. Ignácz M. Á. Kedves M. Serényi Zs. Sörlei J. Szigeti Z. Tóth 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2007,44(1):141-149
The displacement of Rb atoms in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) caused by the force of a finite time series of counter-propagating
frequency modulated light pulse pairs is measured as a function of the chirp of the pulses. The frequency modulated light
pulses induced 85Rb 52S1/2 F=3 ↔ 85Rb 52P3/2 F'=2, 3, 4 excitation and de-excitation of the atoms. The result of this excitation
de-excitation process is a force causing the acceleration and, consequently, the displacement of the maximum of the spatial
distribution of the trap atoms. The time dependence of the populations of the levels of the atom are calculated — including
also the 85Rb 52S1/2 F=2 and F'=1 states — as
the result of the interaction with the finite train of counter propagating frequency modulated light pulses by the solution
of the Bloch equations. As the result of the measurement the interval of the chirp of the frequency modulated light of given
intensity where the transitions take place, are determined. The results of the experiment and the expectation on the basis
of model calculations are in qualitative agreement. 相似文献
12.
L. Natarajan 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2001,15(3):287-292
In this work, the multiplet splitting in terms of a spin-dependent model is analyzed. The spin-polarized and unpolarized single
configuration Dirac-Fock-Slater wavefunctions have been used in the evaluation of the total energies of highly ionized argon
with different L shell population The transition energies of hollow argon atom with initial configurations 1s
0
1/22s
m
1/22p
n
1/22p
l
3/2 with m = 0 to 2 and n + l varying from 6 to 1 are reported in this work. The calculations have been carried out by taking into account a relativistic
exchange potential in the Dirac-Slater potential. To account for the correlation effects, a correction term has also been
considered perturbatively. The present calculations show that the spin-polarized technique which is mainly applied to the
ground states of atoms may also be applied to atoms ionized in the inner shells with a good degree of accuracy.
Received 5 December 2000 and Received in final form 9 April 2001 相似文献
13.
J. S. Bakos G. P. Djotyan P. N. Ignácz M. Á. Kedves M. Serényi Zs. Sörlei J. Szigeti Z. Tóth 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2006,37(1):59-66
The spatial displacement of the 85Rb atoms in a
Magneto-Optical Trap (MOT) under the influence of series of frequency
modulated light pulse pairs propagating opposite to each other is measured
as a function of the time elapsed after the start of the pulse train, and
compared with the results of simulations. Adiabatic excitation and
consecutive de-excitation take place between the ground
52S1/2 (F=3) and the 52P3/2 (F'=2, 3, 4) excited levels as the result of
the interaction. The displacement of the 85Rb atoms is calculated as
the solution of simple equation of motion where the expelling force is that
arising from the action of the frequency modulated light pulses. The
restoring and friction forces of the MOT are taken into account also. The
system of Bloch equations for the density matrix elements is solved
numerically for transitions between six working hyperfine levels of the atom
interacting with the sequence of the frequency modulated laser pulses.
According to these simulations, the momentum transferred by one pulse pair
is always smaller than the expected 2ħk, (1) where ħ is the Plank constant and
k=2π/λ where λ is the wavelength, (2) having a maximum
value in a restricted region of variation of the laser pulse peak intensity
and the chirp. 相似文献
14.
R. Chicireanu Q. Beaufils A. Pouderous B. Laburthe-Tolra É. Maréchal L. Vernac J.-C. Keller O. Gorceix 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2007,45(2):189-195
We report the fast accumulation of a large number of
metastable 52Cr atoms in a mixed trap, formed by the
superposition of a strongly confining optical trap and a quadrupolar
magnetic trap. The steady state is reached after about 400 ms,
providing a cloud of more than one million metastable atoms at a
temperature of about 100 μK, with a peak density of 1018
atoms m-3. We have optimized the loading procedure, and
measured the light shift of the 5D4 state by analyzing how the
trapped atoms respond to a parametric excitation. We compare this
result to a theoretical evaluation based on the available
spectroscopic data for chromium atoms. 相似文献
15.
A. Fioretti C. Amiot C.M. Dion O. Dulieu M. Mazzoni G. Smirne C. Gabbanini 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2001,15(2):189-198
We report the detailed analysis of translationally cold rubidium molecule formation through photoassociation. Cold molecules
are formed after spontaneous decay of photoexcited molecules from a laser cooled atomic sample, and are detected by selective
mass spectroscopy after two-photon ionization into Rb
2
+
ions. A spectroscopic study of the 0
g
-
(5
S
+ 5
P
3/2
) pure long-range state of 87Rb2 is performed by detecting the ion yield as a function of the photoassociation laser frequency; the spectral data are theoretically
analyzed within the semiclassical RKR approach. Molecular ionization is resonantly enhanced through either the 2
3
Π
g
or the 2
3
Σ
+
g
intermediate molecular states. Some vibrational levels of the latter electronic state are observed and assigned here for
the first time. Finally, cold molecules formation rates are calculated and compared to the experimentally measured ones, and
the vibrational distribution of the formed molecules in the a
3
Σ
+
u
ground triplet state is discussed.
Received 18 January 2001 and Received in final form 10 April 2001 相似文献
16.
A detailed account of various experimental techniques developed during the study on the decay rate coefficient of laser trapped 7Li atoms are presented. The frequency of a dye laser is stabilized using a simple sealed-off cell specially designed for Li vapor. The accurate number of trapped atoms are obtained by measuring the fluorescence intensity and the population ratio between the ground and the excited states by absorption coefficient measurement. The absolute value of the collisional lossrate coefficient of trapped 7Li atoms is determined by analyzing the temporal change of the fluorescence intensity when the supply of the Li beam is turned off. 相似文献
17.
S. Westermann T. Amthor A. L. de Oliveira J. Deiglmayr M. Reetz-Lamour M. Weidemüller 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2006,40(1):37-43
We investigate excitation transfer and migration
processes in a cold gas of rubidium Rydberg atoms.
Density-dependent measurements of the resonant population exchange
for atoms initially excited into the 32P3/2(|mJ|=3/2) state
are compared with a Monte Carlo model for coherent energy
transfer. The model is based on simulations of small atom
subensembles involving up to ten atoms interacting via coherent
pair processes. The role of interatomic mechanical forces due to the
resonant dipole-dipole interaction is investigated.
Good agreement is found between the experimental data and the
predictions of the model, from which we infer that atomic motion
has negligible influence on the energy transfer up to Rydberg
densities of 108 cm-3, that the system has to be described in terms
of many-body dynamics, and that the energy transfer
preserves coherence on microsecond timescales. 相似文献
18.
Y. Torii N. Shiokawa T. Hirano T. Kuga Y. Shimizu H. Sasada 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》1998,1(3):239-242
We utilized a blue-detuned Laguerre-Gaussian (doughnut) laser beam to trap cold rubidium atoms by optical dipole force. ”Pulsed”
polarization gradient cooling was applied to the trapped atoms to suppress the trap loss due to heating caused by random photon
scattering of the trapping light. In this trap about 108 atoms were initially captured and the trap lifetime was 1.5 s, which was consistent with losses due to background gas collisions.
This trap can readily be applied to atom guiding, compression, and evaporative cooling.
Received: 10 July 1997 / Received in final form: 5 January 1998 / Accepted: 16 January 1998 相似文献
19.
M. Saleem N. Amin S. Hussain M. Rafiq S. Mahmood M. A. Baig 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》2006,38(2):277-283
New measurements of photoionization cross-sections of the lithium isotopes
are reported employing a Time of Flight (TOF) mass spectrometer in
conjunction with an atomic beam apparatus. Using a two-step selective
photoionization and saturation technique, we have simultaneously measured
the photoionization cross-section of the 2p excited state of both the
isotopes Li6 and Li7 as 15±2.5 Mb and 18 ±2.5 Mb
where as the corresponding number densities have been determined as
N0≈5.3×1010 atoms/cm3 and
N0≈6.2×1011 atoms/cm3 respectively. 相似文献
20.
L.G. Marcassa R.A.S. Zanon S. Dutta J. Weiner O. Dulieu V.S. Bagnato 《The European Physical Journal D - Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics》1999,7(3):317-321
Using a technique that consists in ionizing atoms out of the 5P
1/2
fragments originated in the cold collision process, we have measured the contribution of the fine structure changing collision
(FS) to the total trap loss rate of cold 85Rb. Our results show that FS contribution is responsible for about 4% of the total trap loss. This result should stimulate
new theoretical discussions involving exoergic cold collisions.
Received 26 October 1998 and Received in final form 2 February 1999 相似文献