LASER COOLING AND TRAPPING OF ALKALINE-EARTH ATOMS

被引:35
作者
KUROSU, T [1 ]
SHIMIZU, F [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,FAC ENGN,DEPT APPL PHYS,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1992年 / 31卷 / 03期
关键词
LASER COOLING; LASER TRAPPING; CA; SR; TRAPPING LIFETIME; OPTICAL PUMPING; CONTINUOUS COLD ATOMIC FLOW;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.31.908
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Characteristics of laser trapping of Ca and Sr are experimentally studied and discussed. The lifetime of the trap is found to be limited by accumulation of the population in the P-3(2) state, not by the decay P-1(1) --> D-1(2). This result allows us to generate a continuous free-falling flow of ultra-cold ground state atoms which is useful for ultra-high resolution spectroscopy. Effects of an optical pumping laser which recycles the D-1(2) population in Sr are investigated.
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页码:908 / 912
页数:5
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