Trapping and cooling of potassium isotopes in a double-magneto-optical-trap apparatus
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 59 (1), 886-888
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.59.886
Abstract
We report on the efficient operation of a double-magneto-optical-trap (MOT) apparatus for potassium isotopes. Mechanisms for the cooling and the transfer between the two MOTs are studied. A magnetic quadrupole trap has been loaded from the second MOT; density and temperature appear to be promising for starting runaway evaporative cooling.Keywords
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