Laser cooling of rubidium atoms in a 2D optical lattice

Chunhua Wei, Carlos C.N. Kuhn

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Abstract

Lossless polarization gradient cooling of 4 × 107 87Rb atoms in a far-detuned 2D optical lattice is demonstrated. Temperatures down to μK and phase space densities as high as 1 / 1000 are achieved in a total duty cycle of 215ms. It is shown that utilizing the vector component of the optical lattice allows lower temperatures to be achieved when compared with pure scalar lattices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1226-1234
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Modern Optics
Volume65
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

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