QUADRATIC COLLISIONAL LOSS RATE OF A LI-7 TRAP

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作者
KAWANAKA, J [1 ]
SHIMIZU, K [1 ]
TAKUMA, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT APPL PHYS, BUNKYO KU, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1993年 / 48卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.48.R883
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report a measurement of the quadratic collisional loss rate coefficient beta of a Li-7 trap as a function of the trap potential in a range covering the energy of the fine-structure splitting P-2(3/2)-P-2(1/2). The value of beta decreases an order of magnitude when the trap potential is increased beyond 0.24 K, and reaches the minimum value of 3 X 10(-13) cm3 s-1 at 0.45 K. At a higher trap potential the beta increases proportionally to the trap potential.
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页码:R883 / R885
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