Continuous loading of an atom beam into an optical lattice

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS

卷:324

Article

关键词: Sisyphus cooling;    Cold atoms;    Continuous atom laser;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.optcom.2014.03.042

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

I propose a method of deceleration and continuous loading of an atom beam into a far-off-resonance optical lattice. The loading of moving atoms into a conservative far-off-resonance potential requires the removal of the atom's excess kinetic energy. Here this is achieved by the Sisyphus cooling method, where a differential lattice-induced ac Stark shift is utilized. The proposed method is described for the case of ytterbium atoms. Numerical simulations demonstrate the possibility of reaching cold and dense samples in a continuous manner on the example of ytterbium atoms. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

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