https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2006-00244-6
A moving magnetic mirror to slow down a bunch of atoms
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (Unité de Recherche de l'École Normale Supérieure et de l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, associée au CNRS. ), Département de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
Corresponding author: a David.Guery-Odelin@lkb.ens.fr
Received:
31
August
2006
Published online:
10
November
2006
A fast packet of cold atoms is coupled into a magnetic guide and subsequently slowed down by reflection on a magnetic potential barrier (`mirror') moving along the guide. A detailed characterization of the resulting decelerated packet is performed. We show also how this technique can be used to generate a continuous and intense flux of slow, magnetically guided atoms.
PACS: 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping / 42.50.Vk – Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, electrons, and ions / 03.75.Be – Atom and neutron optics
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2006
