Continuous loading of a magnetic trap

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Original languageEnglish
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume64
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 20 Aug 2001
Externally publishedYes

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We have realized a scheme for continuous loading of a magnetic trap (MT). [Formula Presented] atoms are continuously captured and cooled in a magneto-optical trap (MOT). Optical pumping to a metastable state decouples atoms from the cooling light. Due to their high magnetic moment [Formula Presented] low-field seeking metastable atoms are trapped in the magnetic quadrupole field provided by the MOT. Limited by inelastic collisions between atoms in the MOT and in the MT, we load [Formula Presented] metastable atoms at a rate of [Formula Presented] atoms/s below [Formula Presented] into the MT. Optical repumping after the loading allows us to realize a MT of ground-state chromium atoms.

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Continuous loading of a magnetic trap. / Stuhler, J.; Schmidt, Piet Oliver; Hensler, S. et al.
In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 64, No. 3, 20.08.2001.

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Stuhler J, Schmidt PO, Hensler S, Werner J, Mlynek J, Pfau T. Continuous loading of a magnetic trap. Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics. 2001 Aug 20;64(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.031405
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