COOLING AND POLARIZATION OF A SODIUM ATOMIC-BEAM BY A 2 MODE LASER

Authors
NOLLE H HORN A HUVE J NOLLE B REINHARDT J SCHMAND J ANDRA HJ WEBER EW
Citation
H. Nolle et al., COOLING AND POLARIZATION OF A SODIUM ATOMIC-BEAM BY A 2 MODE LASER, Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters, 30(2-3), 1994, pp. 227-229
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. D, Atoms, molecules and clusters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01787683
Volume
30
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
227 - 229
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-7683(1994)30:2-3<227:CAPOAS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Cooling and optical pumping by a circularly polarized two mode laser i s applied to a Na atomic beam in transverse geometry. The low velocity components of the beam are transversly cooled to the Doppler limit te mperature of 240 muK and are simultaneously spin polarized for more th an 90%.