Bright atomic beam by a temporal Zeeman acceleration

Authors
Fukuyama, Y Kanou, H Balykin, VI Shimizu, K
Citation
Y. Fukuyama et al., Bright atomic beam by a temporal Zeeman acceleration, APP PHYS B, 70(4), 2000, pp. 561-565
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN journal
09462171 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
561 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(200004)70:4<561:BABBAT>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A novel method to produce a slow, monochromatic, and bright pulsed atomic b eam from a magneto-optical trap by switching the magnetic field of the trap is proposed. A pulsed lithium atomic beam with a brightness of 1.1 x 10(15 )/sr s and a velocity of 13 m/s was produced as an experimental proof of th is technique. The conversion efficiency from the trap into the atomic pulse was nearly 100%.