Title :
Optical trapping of fermionic /sup 40/K atoms
Author :
Jastrzebski, W. ; Lau, David ; Roati, G. ; Modugno, Giovanni ; Inguscio, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Florence Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only only given. We report on trapping of /sup 40/K atoms at low temperatures and high densities in a far-detuned optical trap. The trap is a vertical standing-wave created with about 550 mW of radiation tuned 10 nm on the red of the D/sub 2/ transition, and is loaded from a sample held in a magneto optical trap (MOT) at sub-Doppler temperatures, with the help of a temporal dark-spot phase and a magnetic compression phase. We are able to trap as many as 5/spl times/10/sup 6/ atoms with a lifetime of 200 ms in the F=9/2 ground state. From the temperature of the trapped atoms, which is around 30 /spl mu/K, and the measured trap frequencies (1 kHz radial, 500 kHz axial) we estimate a density of 5/spl times/10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/.
Keywords :
atom-atom collisions; fermions; magneto-optical effects; potassium; radiation pressure; /sup 40/K atoms; 200 ms; 30 muK; 550 mW; F=9/2 ground state; K; far-detuned optical trap; fermionic /sup 40/K atoms; high densities; low temperatures; magnetic compression phase; magneto optical trap; optical trapping; radiation tuning; sub-Doppler temperatures; temporal dark-spot phase; trap frequencies; trapped atoms; vertical standing-wave; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Charge carrier processes; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Probes; Pump lasers; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Nice, France
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6318-3
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC.2000.907805