Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
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A l<strong>in</strong>ear ramp typically changes the MOT beam detun<strong>in</strong>g from 38 MHz <strong>to</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>al<br />
detun<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 3 <strong>to</strong> 10 ms us<strong>in</strong>g the frequency-offset lock.<br />
Figure 8.3 shows the temperature of the a<strong>to</strong>ms <strong>in</strong> the MOT as a function of<br />
the detun<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> clearly <strong>in</strong>dicates that chang<strong>in</strong>g the detun<strong>in</strong>g is able <strong>to</strong> reduce the<br />
temperature drastically. The temperatures are measured us<strong>in</strong>g time-of-flight techniques.<br />
At larger detun<strong>in</strong>gs the uncerta<strong>in</strong>ty <strong>in</strong> the measurement is large, as only very short<br />
expansion times can be realized. The higher the temperature, the faster the a<strong>to</strong>mic<br />
cloud exp<strong>and</strong>s, reduc<strong>in</strong>g the a<strong>to</strong>mic density. Determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the size of the a<strong>to</strong>mic cloud<br />
is more difficult at lower a<strong>to</strong>mic densities. In addition, the maximum size of the a<strong>to</strong>mic<br />
cloud that can be measured is determ<strong>in</strong>ed by the size of the chip <strong>in</strong> the CCD camera.<br />
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Figure 8.3: MOT temperature as a function of the MOT beam detun<strong>in</strong>g. The black<br />
squares (red circles) represent Tx (Ty).<br />
Along with chang<strong>in</strong>g the beam detun<strong>in</strong>g, it is necessary <strong>to</strong> reduce the beam power<br />
<strong>in</strong> the MOT beams at the same time. Too large an <strong>in</strong>tensity <strong>in</strong> the beams will heat the<br />
a<strong>to</strong>ms, rather than achiev<strong>in</strong>g the desired cool<strong>in</strong>g effect. Figure 8.4 shows the temperature<br />
at a fixed f<strong>in</strong>al detun<strong>in</strong>g (6 MHz) as a function of f<strong>in</strong>al beam power. At −30 dB only<br />
about 40 µW (31 µW) of MOT (repump) power are <strong>in</strong> each of the MOT beams.<br />
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