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
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;
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
