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Chapter 4<br />

<strong>Single</strong>-<strong>Photon</strong> <strong>Atomic</strong> <strong>Cooling</strong> in 87 Rb<br />

This chapter discusses the application <strong>of</strong> single-photon atomic cooling<br />

to magnetically trapped 87 Rb. It took several iterations <strong>of</strong> the experiment to<br />

arrive at an apparatus design and procedure which produced cooling limited<br />

only by the dynamics <strong>of</strong> the atoms in the magnetic trap. As such, the specific<br />

details <strong>of</strong> the apparatus and procedure evolved as we learned and improved the<br />

process. To make clear to the reader when these changes were made and their<br />

effect on the single-photon cooling process, I will present the experimental<br />

work in roughly chronological order. To this end, I begin with a discussion<br />

outlining the general steps used to cool 87 Rb via single-photon atomic cooling<br />

common to all experimental iterations. This discussion serves as a starting<br />

point for explaining the process and any detail or major deviations from this<br />

procedure which we developed will be explained in the text in the appropriate<br />

context.<br />

4.1 Overview <strong>of</strong> <strong>Single</strong>-<strong>Photon</strong> <strong>Cooling</strong> 87 Rb<br />

In this section I move beyond the general descriptions given in Ch. 1 dis-<br />

cussing the single-photon cooling process and present a version <strong>of</strong> the scheme<br />

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