• DocumentCode
    2949184
  • Title

    Narrow line cooling of strontium to the recoil limit

  • Author

    Vogel, K.R. ; Dinneen, T.P. ; Gallagher, A. ; Hall, J.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Inst. for Lab. Astrophys., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    6-10 July 1998
  • Firstpage
    303
  • Lastpage
    304
  • Abstract
    Experimental results on narrow line cooling of strontium atoms is presented. Cooling is performed on the /sup 1/S/sub 0/-/sup 3/P/sub 1/ intercombination transition at 689 nm resulting in temperatures near the recoil limit in 1-D molasses.
  • Keywords
    Doppler broadening; atomic clocks; frequency standards; laser cooling; radiation pressure; strontium; 1-D molasses; 689 nm; Sr; alkaline earth atoms; clock transition; intercombination transition; laser cooling; magneto-optical trap; narrow line cooling; optical frequency standards; recoil limit; residual Doppler broadening; velocity compression; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Cooling; Diode lasers; Frequency; Laser transitions; Optical scattering; Probes; Strontium; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5018-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.1998.699919
  • Filename
    699919