Optimal design of dipole potentials for efficient loading of Sr atoms

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2479-2482

  Katori, Hidetoshi ^a   Ido, Tetsuya ^a   Kuwata Gonokami, Makoto ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doppler cooling; Laser cooling; Light shift; Magneto optical trap; Optical dipole trap; Spin forbidden transition; Strontium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033471214     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.68.2479     Document Type: Article

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