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Optical traps
Magneto-optical trap formed by elliptically polarised light waves for $\mathrm{Mg}$ atoms
O. N. Prudnikovab, D. V. Brazhnikovab, A. V. Taichenachevab, V. I. Yudinabc, A. N. Goncharovabc a Novosibirsk State University
b Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
c Novosibirsk State Technical University
Abstract:
We consider a magneto-optical trap (MOT) formed by elliptically polarised waves for $^{24}\mathrm{Mg}$ atoms on a closed optical ${}^3P_2\to{}^3D_3$ ($\lambda=383.8$ nm) transition in the $\varepsilon-\theta-\bar\varepsilon$ configuration of the field. Compared with a known MOT formed by circularly polarised waves ($\sigma_+-\sigma_-$ configuration), the suggested configuration of the trap formed by fields of $\varepsilon-\theta-\bar\varepsilon$ configuration allows deeper sub-Doppler cooling of trapped $^{24}\mathrm{Mg}$ atoms, which cannot be implemented in a conventional trap formed by fields of $\sigma_+-\sigma_-$ configuration.
Keywords:
magneto-optical trap, sub-Doppler cooling, laser cooling, elliptical polarisation.
Received: 07.12.2015 Revised: 11.02.2016
Citation:
O. N. Prudnikov, D. V. Brazhnikov, A. V. Taichenachev, V. I. Yudin, A. N. Goncharov, “Magneto-optical trap formed by elliptically polarised light waves for $\mathrm{Mg}$ atoms”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 46:7 (2016), 661–667 [Quantum Electron., 46:7 (2016), 661–667]
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