OBSERVATION OF INDIVIDUAL NEUTRAL ATOMS IN MAGNETIC AND MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS

Authors
HAUBRICH D SCHADWINKEL H STRAUCH F UEBERHOLZ B WYNANDS R MESCHEDE D
Citation
D. Haubrich et al., OBSERVATION OF INDIVIDUAL NEUTRAL ATOMS IN MAGNETIC AND MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS, Europhysics letters, 34(9), 1996, pp. 663-668
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
34
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
663 - 668
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1996)34:9<663:OOINAI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We have identified and photographed individual cesium atoms in a magne tooptical trap with steep magnetic gradients. By switching off the tra pping light fields, single atoms were released to a bound state of the magnetic potential. A storage time of 38 s was measured for purely ma gnetic trapping, whereas a storage time of 147 s was observed in the c orresponding magneto-optical trap.