OPTICAL COLLIMATION AND COMPRESSION OF A THERMAL ATOMIC-BEAM

Authors
TSAO CC WANG Y WEINER J BAGNATO VS
Citation
Cc. Tsao et al., OPTICAL COLLIMATION AND COMPRESSION OF A THERMAL ATOMIC-BEAM, Journal of applied physics, 80(1), 1996, pp. 8-14
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of applied physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218979
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
8 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(1996)80:1<8:OCACOA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We have performed an experiment to optically cool and compress a therm al beam of sodium atoms by employing a two-dimensional version of a ma gneto-optical trap. The beam compressor employs a tapered transverse m agnetic field gradient formed by four pairs of permanent magnets. We m easure the efficiency of collimation and compression as function of lo ngitudinal velocity group. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.