Magnetic trapping of metastable helium atoms

Authors
Nowak, S Browaeys, A Poupard, J Robert, A Boiron, D Westbrook, C Aspect, A
Citation
S. Nowak et al., Magnetic trapping of metastable helium atoms, APP PHYS B, 70(3), 2000, pp. 455-457
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN journal
09462171 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
455 - 457
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(200003)70:3<455:MTOMHA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Metastable helium atoms were efficiently transferred from a magneto-optical trap (MOT) to a magnetic quadrupole trap, producing samples of up to 3 x 1 0(7) magnetically trapped atoms at a temperature of about 1 mK. We observe purely exponential decay of the samples with time constants of 9-10 s and d erive an upper bound for the rate coefficient of inelastic Penning collisio ns.