Averaging out magnetic forces with fast rf-sweeps in an optical trap for metastable chromium atoms

Details Averaging out magnetic forces with fast rf-sweeps in an optical trap for metastable chromium atoms Averaging out magnetic forces with fast rf-sweeps in an optical trap for metastable chromium atoms

2007-11-05

arxiv.org/abs/0711.0663v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053413

We introduce a novel type of time-averaged trap, in which the internal state of the atoms is rapidly modulated to modify magnetic trapping potentials. In our experiment, fast radiofrequency (rf) linear sweeps flip the spin of atoms at a fast rate, which averages out magnetic forces. We use this procedure to optimize the accumulation of metastable chomium atoms into an optical dipole trap from a magneto-optical trap. The potential experienced by the metastable atoms is identical to the bare optical dipole potential, so that this procedure allows for trapping all magnetic sublevels, hence increasing by up to 80 percent the final number of accumulated atoms.

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