Laser cooling of 7Li atoms in a magneto-optical trap
- Zelener, B. B.
- Saakyan, S. A.
- Sautenkov, V. A.
- Akulshin, A. M.
- Manykin, E. A.
- Zelener, B. V.
- Fortov, V. E.
DOIAbstract
A setup for laser cooling and confining of 7Li atoms in a magneto-optical trap has been built. The possibility of cooling and trapping of 7Li atoms in a wide range of frequency detuning of the cooling laser has been proved experimentally. Independent information on the density and number of ultracold 7Li atoms on various ground-state sublevels, as well as on the temperature of the atoms, has been obtained with the use of a probing tunable laser. This information is important for preparing an ultracold plasma and Rydberg matter
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