Narrow line laser cooling of lithium: A new tool for all-optical production of a degenerate Fermi gas

We have used the narrow 2 S 1/2 [arrow right] 3 P 3/2 transition in the ultraviolet (UV) to laser cool and magneto-optically trap (MOT) 6 Li atoms. Laser cooling of lithium atoms is usually performed on the 2 S 1/2 [arrow right] 2 P 3/2 (D2) transition, where temperatures of twice the Doppler limit,...

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Other Authors: Hulet, Randall G.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1911/70234