4-BEAM LASER TRAP OF NEUTRAL ATOMS

被引:76
作者
SHIMIZU, F [1 ]
SHIMIZU, K [1 ]
TAKUMA, H [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ELECTROCOMMUN,INST LASER SCI,CHOFU,TOKYO 182,JAPAN
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10.1364/OL.16.000339
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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An efficient spontaneous-force laser trap of neutral atoms without standing waves is demonstrated by using the Ne 1s5 metastable state. The metastable Ne beam is decelerated by a laser by using Zeeman tuning and is trapped in a trap consisting of a quadrupole magnetic field and four laser beams in a tetrahedral configuration. The dynamics of atomic motion from the deceleration stage to the trap is discussed.
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页数:3
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