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Atom-number amplification in a magneto-optical trap via stimulated light forces

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Elizabeth A. Donley, Tara C. Liebisch, Eric M. Blanshan, John E. Kitching

Abstract

We have decelerated an atomic beam of 87 Rb using a stimulated-emission slowing technique that makes use of a bichromatic standing light wave of high intensity and increased the load rate into a small magneto-optical trap by up to a factor of 20. We performed the slowing over distances of under 1.5 cm with 5.2 mW of total power in the bichromatic beams. We estimate that we achieve a slowing force that is 2.2 x larger than the maximum force achievable by spontaneous emission. The maximum achievable force could be increased in a smaller apparatus
Citation
Physical Review A
Volume
85
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Bichromatic Cooling, Laser Cooling, Magneto-Optical Trap
Physics

Citation

Donley, E. , Liebisch, T. , Blanshan, E. and Kitching, J. (2012), Atom-number amplification in a magneto-optical trap via stimulated light forces, Physical Review A, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=909731 (Accessed October 18, 2025)

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Created January 10, 2012, Updated February 19, 2017
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