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Transverse laser cooling of a thermal atomic beam of dysprosium

dc.contributor.authorLeefer, N.
dc.contributor.authorCingoz, A.
dc.contributor.authorGerber-Siff, B.
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Arijit
dc.contributor.authorTorgerson, J.R.
dc.contributor.authorBudker, D.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-20T08:48:03Z
dc.date.available2011-01-20T08:48:03Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.descriptionOpen Accessen
dc.description.abstractA thermal atomic beam of dysprosium atoms is cooled using the 4f106s2(J=8)→4f106s6p(J=9) transition at 421 nm. The cooling is done via a standing light wave orthogonal to the atomic beam. Efficient transverse cooling to the Doppler limit is demonstrated for all observable isotopes of dysprosium. Branching ratios to metastable states are demonstrated to be <5×10-4. A scheme for enhancement of the nonzero-nuclear-spin-isotope cooling and a method for direct identification of possible trap states are proposed.en
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review A, 2010, Vol.81, p043427en
dc.identifier.issn1094-1622 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1050-2947
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/3955
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe American Physical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2133en
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043427en
dc.relation.urihttp://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010PhRvA..81d3427Len
dc.rights2010 The American Physical Societyen
dc.subjectAtom cooling methodsen
dc.subjectMechanical effects of light on atomsen
dc.subjectmolecules, and ionsen
dc.subjectVisible and ultraviolet spectraen
dc.subjectDetermination of fundamental constantsen
dc.titleTransverse laser cooling of a thermal atomic beam of dysprosiumen
dc.typeArticleen

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