• DocumentCode
    520215
  • Title

    Cooling and trapping of neutral mercury atoms in a magneto-optical trap

  • Author

    Villwock, Patrick ; Siol, Sebastian ; Walther, Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the trapping of mercury in a magneto-optical trap from the background vapor using the 1S0-3P1 intercombination line. Up to (3.2 ± 0.3) × 106 202Hg-atoms have been captured at a density of (4.8 ± 1.4) × 1010 atoms/cm3.
  • Keywords
    magneto-optical effects; mercury (metal); optical lattices; Hg; background vapor; magneto-optical trap; neutral mercury atoms cooling; neutral mercury atoms trapping; Atomic measurements; Clocks; Clouds; Cooling; Frequency; Laser transitions; Mercury (metals); Spectroscopy; Stationary state; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499782
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520215