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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5018-9
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.1998.699919
