Decoherence via induced dipole collisions in an ultracold gas

Details Decoherence via induced dipole collisions in an ultracold gas Decoherence via induced dipole collisions in an ultracold gas

2009-07-16

arxiv.org/abs/0907.2884v3

Physics

Atomic Physics

4 page, 4 figures

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We have studied the effects of loading $^{87}$Rb into a far off resonant trap (FORT) in the presence of an ultracold cloud of $^{85}$Rb. The presence of the $^{85}$Rb resulted in a marked decrease of the $^{87}$Rb load rate. This decrease is consistent with a decrease in the laser cooling efficiency needed for effective loading. While many dynamics which disrupt loading efficency arise when cooling in a dense cloud of atoms (reabsorption, adverse optical pumping, etc.), the large detuning between the transitions of $^{85}$Rb and $^{87}$Rb should isolate the isotopes from these effects. For our optical molasses conditions we calculate that our cooling efficiencies require induced ground-state coherences. We present data and estimates which are consistent with heteronuclear long-ranged induced dipole-dipole collisions disrupting these ground state coherences, leading to a loss of optical trap loading efficiency.

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