https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00052-6
Feasibility of narrow-line cooling in optical dipole traps
1
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
2
Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Corresponding author: a uwe.sterr@ptb.de
Received:
12
September
2006
Revised:
19
February
2007
Published online:
9
March
2007
We have investigated the influence of narrow-line laser cooling on the loading of Ca atoms into optical dipole traps. To describe the narrow-line cooling of alkaline-earth atoms in combination with optical dipole trapping, we have developed a model that takes into account the light shifts of the cooling transition in three dimensions. The model is compared with two experimental realizations of optical dipole traps for calcium at the wavelengths 514 nm and 10.6 μm.
PACS: 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping / 32.60.+i – Zeeman and Stark effects / 32.80.Lg – Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, and ions
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2007
