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Single-Photon Atomic Cooling - Raizen Lab - The University of ...

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we may write<br />

Smag =<br />

αs0Γ/2<br />

1 + αs0 + 4(∆/Γ) 2.<br />

(4.3)<br />

as an approximation to the scattering rate in the magnetic trap, where α<br />

represents the fraction <strong>of</strong> light scattered from the depopulation beam into<br />

the magnetic trap. Figure 4.22 is a plot <strong>of</strong> the ratio <strong>of</strong> the scattering rate<br />

at the depopulation beam focus to that in the magnetic trap. To make this<br />

plot I assumed s0 = 3, a reasonable value. For lack <strong>of</strong> better terms I have<br />

<br />

α<br />

<br />

α <br />

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Figure 4.22: Ratio <strong>of</strong> the scattering rate in the depopulation beam (good)<br />

to the rate in the magnetic trap (bad) as a function <strong>of</strong> depopulation beam<br />

frequency detuning. For a given saturation parameter in the depopulation<br />

beam (here s0 = 3) this ratio increases with increasing detuning.<br />

labeled those scattering events that occur near the depopulation beam focus<br />

as “good,” while those which happen in the magnetic trap as “bad.” What<br />

this plot shows is that for a given saturation parameter in the depopulation<br />

beam, fewer atoms are scattered out <strong>of</strong> the magnetic trap at larger frequency<br />

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