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Figure 4.20: Geometry <strong>of</strong> the optical trough and depopulation beam. <strong>The</strong><br />

depopulation beam is parallel to the ˆx axis and is positioned a distance hp<br />

above the vertex <strong>of</strong> the trough.<br />

<strong>The</strong> reason we choose to detune this beam from resonance can be ex-<br />

plained by examining the data in Fig. 4.21. This plot shows the fluorescence<br />

signal from atoms transfered via single-photon atomic cooling as a function <strong>of</strong><br />

the depopulation beam detuning from resonance with the 5 2 S1/2(F = 2) →<br />

5 2 P3/2(F ′ = 1) transition frequency for a variety <strong>of</strong> intensities. <strong>The</strong> intensi-<br />

ties used in this plot span nearly four orders <strong>of</strong> magnitude and were varied<br />

by placing neutral density filters in the beam path. As seen in the graph,<br />

for a given detuning an optimal intensity can be found. We believe this can<br />

be explained as follows. Below the optimal intensity, the depopulation beam<br />

does not excite atoms with unit probability and thus the transfer rate suffers.<br />

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