ENHANCED LOADING OF A 2-COLOR VAPOR-CELL MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP FOR SODIUM ATOMS

Authors
FLEMMING J MARCASSA LG HOROWICZ RJ ZILIO SC BAGNATO VS
Citation
J. Flemming et al., ENHANCED LOADING OF A 2-COLOR VAPOR-CELL MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP FOR SODIUM ATOMS, Optics letters, 20(24), 1995, pp. 2529-2531
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
24
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2529 - 2531
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:24<2529:ELOA2V>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We demonstrate enhanced loading of a vapor-cell magneto-optical trap f or sodium atoms operating on a combination of atomic transitions, know n in the literature as type I tuning, by using a second, nonoverlappin g laser beam that captures atoms through a different combination of tr ansitions (type II tuning). This two-color trap configuration has allo wed us to achieve an similar to 10-fold improvement in the number and density of trapped atoms. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America