All-optical production of a lithium quantum gas using narrow-line laser cooling

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dc.citation.firstpage61406en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber6en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePhysical Review Aen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber84en_US
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, P.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHart, R.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHitchcock, J.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCorcovilos, T.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYang, T.-L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorReed, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHulet, R.G.en_US
dc.contributor.orgRice Quantum Instituteen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-30T19:07:11Z
dc.date.available2015-03-30T19:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractWe have used the narrow 2S1/2→3P3/2 transition in the ultraviolet (uv) to laser cool and magneto-optically trap (MOT) 6Li atoms. Laser cooling of lithium is usually performed on the 2S1/2→2P3/2 (D2) transition, and temperatures of ∼300 μK are typically achieved. The linewidth of the uv transition is seven times narrower than the D2 line, resulting in lower laser cooling temperatures. We demonstrate that a MOT operating on the uv transition reaches temperatures as low as 59 μK. Furthermore, we find that the light shift of the uv transition in an optical dipole trap at 1070 nm is small and blueshifted, facilitating efficient loading from the uv MOT. Evaporative cooling of a two spin-state mixture of 6Li in the optical trap produces a quantum degenerate Fermi gas with 3×10˄6 atoms in a total cycle time of only 11 s.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDuarte, P.M., Hart, R.A., Hitchcock, J.M., et al.. "All-optical production of a lithium quantum gas using narrow-line laser cooling." <i>Physical Review A,</i> 84, no. 6 (2011) American Physical Society: 61406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.061406.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.061406en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79428
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.titleAll-optical production of a lithium quantum gas using narrow-line laser coolingen_US
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