Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap

We report enhanced three-dimensional degenerated Raman sideband cooling (3D DRSC) of caesium (Cs) atoms in a standard single-cell vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap. Our improved scheme involves using a separate repumping laser and optimized lattice detuning. We load 1.5 × 107 atoms into the Raman l...

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Main Authors: Li, Y., Wu, J., Feng, G., Nute, J., Piano, Samanta, Hackermüller, L., Ma, J., Xiao, L., Jia, S.
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46911/
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author Li, Y.
Wu, J.
Feng, G.
Nute, J.
Piano, Samanta
Hackermüller, L.
Ma, J.
Xiao, L.
Jia, S.
author_facet Li, Y.
Wu, J.
Feng, G.
Nute, J.
Piano, Samanta
Hackermüller, L.
Ma, J.
Xiao, L.
Jia, S.
author_sort Li, Y.
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
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description We report enhanced three-dimensional degenerated Raman sideband cooling (3D DRSC) of caesium (Cs) atoms in a standard single-cell vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap. Our improved scheme involves using a separate repumping laser and optimized lattice detuning. We load 1.5 × 107 atoms into the Raman lattice with a detuning of −15.5 GHz (to the ground F = 3 state). Enhanced 3D DRSC is used to cool them from 60 µK to 1.7 µK within 12 ms and the number of obtained atoms is about 1.2 × 107. A theoretical model is proposed to simulate the measured number of trapped atoms. The result shows good agreement with the experimental data. The technique paves the way for loading a large number of ultracold Cs atoms into a crossed dipole trap and efficient evaporative cooling in a single-cell system.
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spelling nottingham-469112020-05-04T17:03:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46911/ Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap Li, Y. Wu, J. Feng, G. Nute, J. Piano, Samanta Hackermüller, L. Ma, J. Xiao, L. Jia, S. We report enhanced three-dimensional degenerated Raman sideband cooling (3D DRSC) of caesium (Cs) atoms in a standard single-cell vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap. Our improved scheme involves using a separate repumping laser and optimized lattice detuning. We load 1.5 × 107 atoms into the Raman lattice with a detuning of −15.5 GHz (to the ground F = 3 state). Enhanced 3D DRSC is used to cool them from 60 µK to 1.7 µK within 12 ms and the number of obtained atoms is about 1.2 × 107. A theoretical model is proposed to simulate the measured number of trapped atoms. The result shows good agreement with the experimental data. The technique paves the way for loading a large number of ultracold Cs atoms into a crossed dipole trap and efficient evaporative cooling in a single-cell system. IOP Publishing 2015-03-31 Article PeerReviewed Li, Y., Wu, J., Feng, G., Nute, J., Piano, Samanta, Hackermüller, L., Ma, J., Xiao, L. and Jia, S. (2015) Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap. Laser Physics Letters, 12 (5). 055501/1-055501/5. ISSN 1612-202X degenerated Raman sideband cooling lattice detuning http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1612-2011/12/5/055501/meta doi:10.1088/1612-2011/12/5/055501 doi:10.1088/1612-2011/12/5/055501
spellingShingle degenerated Raman sideband cooling
lattice
detuning
Li, Y.
Wu, J.
Feng, G.
Nute, J.
Piano, Samanta
Hackermüller, L.
Ma, J.
Xiao, L.
Jia, S.
Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
title Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
title_full Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
title_fullStr Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
title_short Enhanced Raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
title_sort enhanced raman sideband cooling of caesium atoms in a vapour-loaded magneto-optical trap
topic degenerated Raman sideband cooling
lattice
detuning
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46911/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46911/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46911/