TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUE TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURE OF ATOMS IN A RING-SHAPED TRAP

Authors
DEARAUJO MT HOROWICZ RJ MILORI D TUBOY A KAISER R ZILIO SC BAGNATO VS
Citation
Mt. Dearaujo et al., TIME-OF-FLIGHT TECHNIQUE TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURE OF ATOMS IN A RING-SHAPED TRAP, Optics communications, 119(1-2), 1995, pp. 85-89
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
119
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
85 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)119:1-2<85:TTTDTO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Spatial ring-shaped distribution of atoms in magneto-optical traps can be produced when the Gaussian laser beams used in the trap are misali gned as in a race-track geometry, We use a new version of the time of flight technique to determine the temperature and velocity distributio n of the atoms in the ring, We found results which are consistent with the Doppler theory of laser cooling.