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Narrow-Line Doppler Cooling of Strontium to the Recoil Limit
Published
Author(s)
K R. Vogel, Tim P. Dinneen, Alan Gallagher, J L. Hall
Abstract
Experimental results on narrow line cooling line cooling of strontium atoms are presented. Doppler cooling is performed on the 1So-3P1 intercombination transition at 689 nm resulting in temperatures near the recoil limit in a one-dimensional (1-D) optical molasses. Frequency chirp cooling is successfully demonstrated as a means of expanding the cooling range.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume
48
Issue
No. 2
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
alkaline earths, frequency metrology, laser cooling, laser trapping
Citation
Vogel, K.
, Dinneen, T.
, Gallagher, A.
and Hall, J.
(1999),
Narrow-Line Doppler Cooling of Strontium to the Recoil Limit, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
(Accessed October 27, 2025)