Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
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Averag<strong>in</strong>g over the magnetic sublevels requires each component of the transition<br />
1<br />
matrix element <strong>to</strong> be weighed with the degeneracy fac<strong>to</strong>r . The possible values for<br />
2F1+1<br />
the quantum number are I = 1,F1 = 3/2, F1 = 1/2, F2 = 1/2, F2 = 3/2, F2 = 5/2<br />
J1 = 1/2 <strong>and</strong> J2 = 3/2. The transition matrix element is then given by<br />
µ 2 =<br />
1<br />
2F1 +1<br />
<br />
q<br />
<br />
2<br />
|a(q)|<br />
F2,mF 2 ,mF 1<br />
|〈(J2I)F2mF2|ˆµ(1,q)|(J1I)F1mF1〉| 2 . (7.4)<br />
This matrix element can be rewritten us<strong>in</strong>g the Wigner-Eckhart-Theorem [26],<br />
µ 2 1 <br />
= |a(q)|<br />
2F1 +1<br />
2<br />
<br />
(−1) 2(F2−mF<br />
<br />
) F2<br />
2<br />
−mF2<br />
1 F1<br />
q mF1<br />
2 q<br />
F2<br />
mF 2 ,mF 1<br />
where the term <strong>in</strong> parenthesis is known as Wigner-3j-symbol.<br />
×|〈(J2I)F2|ˆµ(1)|(J1I)F1〉| 2 , (7.5)<br />
The sum over the magnetic sublevels is <strong>in</strong>dependent of the polarization <strong>and</strong> the<br />
f<strong>in</strong>al level. The equation thus reduces <strong>to</strong><br />
µ 2 =<br />
1 <br />
|〈(J2I)F2|ˆµ(1)|(J1I)F1〉|<br />
3(2F1 +1)<br />
2 . (7.6)<br />
F2<br />
Us<strong>in</strong>g further angular momentum coupl<strong>in</strong>g, equation 7.6 can be simplified us<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
reduced dipole matrix element of the D2 l<strong>in</strong>e, 〈(L2S)J2||ˆµ(1)||(L1S)J1〉:<br />
µ 2 =<br />
1 <br />
δI2I1(−1)<br />
3(2F1 +1)<br />
F2<br />
2(J2+I1+F1+1)<br />
(2F1 +1)(2F2 +1)<br />
<br />
2 J2<br />
× I F2 <br />
|〈(L2S)J2||ˆµ(1)||(L1S)J1〉| 2 . (7.7)<br />
F1 1 J1<br />
The transition matrix element for the MOT light (F1 = 3/2) <strong>and</strong> the repump light<br />
(F1 = 1/2) are therefore<br />
µ 2 = 1<br />
2<br />
|〈(L2S)J2||ˆµ(1)||(L1S)J1〉|<br />
6<br />
= 2<br />
3 µ20, (7.8)<br />
The on-resonance absorption scatter<strong>in</strong>g cross section is thus given by<br />
where σ0 = 3λ2<br />
2π .<br />
σMOT = σRepump = 2<br />
3 σ0 = λ2<br />
π<br />
140<br />
(7.9)