Slowing atoms withσ−polarized light
| Autor: | Mark D. Ray, Samuel Dapore-Schwartz, Thomas E. Barrett, Gregory P. Lafyatis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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| Zdroj: | Physical Review Letters. 67:3483-3486 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/physrevlett.67.3483 |
| Popis: | We have modeled and experimentally investigated the ``Zeeman tuned slowing'' of rubidium using ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$ polarized laser light. Previous studies have all used ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}}^{+}$ light. We find that important details of the slowing process enable this new method to produce significantly slower and more intense atomic beams than for the ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}}^{+}$ case. An additional advantage: ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\sigma}}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}}$ slowing exhibits much weaker dependence on laser wavelength and intensity. |
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