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Circular magneto-optical trap for neutral atoms

Other Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel scheme to magneto-optically trap neutral atoms in a ring shaped trap that can be used to transfer atoms into a circular magnetic trap with high density. This inturn enables to evaporatively cool atoms and study the behaviour of ultra cold gases in a periodic 2-dimensional potential. The circular magneto-optical trap itself is also of interest to investigate the properties of magneto-optical trap of deformed shape, such as reduction of photon-reabsorption.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0510661,
  title  = {Circular magneto-optical trap for neutral atoms},
  author = {Makoto Morinaga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0510661},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 5 (6) figures

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