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Laser cooling with a single laser beam and a planar diffractor

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: A planar triplet of diffraction gratings is used to transform a single laser beam into a four-beam tetrahedral magneto-optical trap. This "flat" pyramid diffractor geometry is ideal for future microfabrication. We demonstrate the technique by trapping and subsequently sub-Doppler cooling (87)Rb atoms to 30 μK.

Source: Optics Letters

DOI: 10.1364/ol.35.003453

Authors: Matthieu Vangeleyn, Paul F. Griffin, Erling Riis, Aidan S. Arnold

Institutions: University of Strathclyde, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2069359218

FWCI: 0.517

Cites: 10

Cited by: 72

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