Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
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y the repulsive trough beams, ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g potential energy, before be<strong>in</strong>g transferred <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong><br />
the optical trough. The temperature T (z)<br />
o of the beams will then aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>crease.<br />
5.5 Transfer Efficiency <strong>and</strong> <strong>Phase</strong>-<strong>Space</strong> Compression<br />
The fundamental limit of the temperature of s<strong>in</strong>gle-pho<strong>to</strong>n cool<strong>in</strong>g is given by the<br />
pho<strong>to</strong>n recoil temperature. For 87 Rb the recoil temperature is about 0.36 µK. Clearly<br />
the lowest temperatures measured along the vertical direction T (z)<br />
O<br />
are far above that<br />
limit. Away from the optimum value for hp, part of the energy can be attributed <strong>to</strong><br />
energy rega<strong>in</strong>ed after the transfer <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> the optical trough. But even at the optimum<br />
location, the temperature T (z)<br />
O<br />
is above the recoil limit. The ramp time employed dur<strong>in</strong>g<br />
the s<strong>in</strong>gle-pho<strong>to</strong>n cool<strong>in</strong>g sequence lies with<strong>in</strong> the adiabatic regime, <strong>and</strong> the expectation<br />
is <strong>to</strong> capture a<strong>to</strong>ms near their classical turn<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts. In fact, the energy <strong>in</strong>crease due<br />
<strong>to</strong> transferr<strong>in</strong>g a<strong>to</strong>ms away from their classical turn<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts is estimated <strong>to</strong> be only<br />
about 0.5µK. The explanation for the excess energy lies with the geometry of the optical<br />
trough.<br />
In this implementation, s<strong>in</strong>gle-pho<strong>to</strong>n cool<strong>in</strong>g is essentially a one-dimensional<br />
cool<strong>in</strong>g technique, remov<strong>in</strong>g energy only along the vertical (z) direction. However, the<br />
optical trough geometry mixes the temperatures along the y <strong>and</strong> z dimensions quickly,<br />
due <strong>to</strong> the trough beams alignment at 45 ◦ <strong>in</strong> the y-z-plane. This leads <strong>to</strong> an <strong>in</strong>creased<br />
value <strong>in</strong> the measurement of T (z)<br />
O .<br />
The optical trough also has an effect on the expected temperature along the<br />
x <strong>and</strong> y dimensions. The trap depth of the optical trough is small compared <strong>to</strong> the<br />
trap depth of the magnetic trap. Hence the optical trough will necessarily truncate the<br />
transverse (x <strong>and</strong> y dimensions) temperature distribution of the a<strong>to</strong>mic ensemble. The<br />
amount of truncation can be controlled by adjust<strong>in</strong>g the trap depth of the optical trough<br />
(vary<strong>in</strong>g the beam power <strong>in</strong> the optical trough beams), as shown <strong>in</strong> figure 5.8. As the<br />
trap depth <strong>in</strong>creases, a<strong>to</strong>ms with higher energy along the transverse directions can be<br />
trapped, lead<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> an <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> the overall number of a<strong>to</strong>ms trapped <strong>in</strong> the optical<br />
trough.<br />
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