Continuous loading of cold atoms into a Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic trap

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dc.creatorSchmidt, Piet O.
dc.creatorHensler, Sven
dc.creatorWerner, Joerg
dc.creatorBinhammer, Thomas
dc.creatorGoerlitz, Axel
dc.creatorPfau, Tilman
dc.date2002-11-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:05:25Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:05:25Z
dc.descriptionWe present a robust continuous optical loading scheme for a Ioffe-Pritchard (IP) type magnetic trap. Atoms are cooled and trapped in a modified magneto-optical trap (MOT) consisting of a conventional 2D-MOT in radial direction and an axial molasses. The radial magnetic field gradient needed for the operation of the 2D-MOT is provided by the IP trap. A small axial curvature and offset field provide magnetic confinement and suppress spin-flip losses in the center of the magnetic trap without altering the performance of the 2D-MOT. Continuous loading of atoms into the IP trap is provided by radiative leakage from the MOT to a metastable level which is magnetically trapped and decoupled from the MOT light. We are able to accumulate 30 times more atoms in the magnetic trap than in the MOT. The absolute number of $2\times 10^8$~atoms is limited by inelastic collisions. A model based on rate equations shows good agreement with our data. Our scheme can also be applied to other atoms with similar level structure like alkaline earth metals.
dc.description15 pages, 7 figures, submitted to the Journal of Optics B special issue on the "7th International Conference on Atom Optics and Interferometry" (Lunteren, 2002)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0211032
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0211032
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/90627
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleContinuous loading of cold atoms into a Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic trap
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