Four-beam laser trap of neutral atoms
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 16 (5), 339-41
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.16.000339
Abstract
An efficient spontaneous-force laser trap of neutral atoms without standing waves is demonstrated by using the Ne 1s(5) metastable state. The metastable Ne beam is decelerated by a laser by using Zeeman tuning and is trapped in a trap consisting of a quadrupole magnetic field and four laserbeams in a tetrahedral configuration. The dynamics of atomic motion from the deceleration stage to the trap is discussed.Keywords
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