EFFICIENT COLLECTION OF FR-221 INTO A VAPOR CELL MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP

Authors
LU ZT CORWIN KL VOGEL KR WIEMAN CE DINNEEN TP MADDI J GOULD H
Citation
Zt. Lu et al., EFFICIENT COLLECTION OF FR-221 INTO A VAPOR CELL MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP, Physical review letters, 79(6), 1997, pp. 994-997
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
994 - 997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:6<994:ECOFIA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We have efficiently loaded a vapor cell magneto-optical trap from an o rthotropic source of Fr-221 with a trapping efficiency of 56(10)%. A n ovel detection scheme allowed us to measure 900 trapped atoms with a s ignal to noise ratio of similar to 60 in 1 sec. We have measured the e nergies and the hyperfine constants of the 7(2)P(1/2) and 7(2)P(3/2) s tates.