Sympathetic cooling with two atomic species in an optical trap

Mudrich, M.; Kraft, S.; Singer, K.; Grimm, R.; Mosk, A.; Weidemüller, M.

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Sympathetic cooling with two atomic species in an optical trap

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Mudrich, M.
Prof. Dirk Schwalm, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Kraft, S.
Prof. Dirk Schwalm, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Singer, K.
Prof. Dirk Schwalm, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Grimm, R.
Prof. Dirk Schwalm, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Mosk, A.
Prof. Heinrich J. Völk, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Weidemüller, M.
Prof. Dirk Schwalm, Emeriti, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Mudrich, M., Kraft, S., Singer, K., Grimm, R., Mosk, A., & Weidemüller, M. (2002). Sympathetic cooling with two atomic species in an optical trap. Physical Review Letters, 88(25): 253001, pp. 253001-253001.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0011-8309-3

Abstract

We simultaneously trap ultracold lithium and cesium atoms in an optical dipole trap formed by the focus of a CO2 laser and study the exchange of thermal energy between the gases. The optically cooled cesium gas efficiently decreases the temperature of the lithium gas through sympathetic cooling. Equilibrium temperatures down to 25 muK have been reached. The measured cross section for thermalizing Cs-133-(7) Li collisions is 8 x 10(-12) cm(2), for both species unpolarized in their lowest hyperfine ground state. Besides thermalization, we observe evaporation of lithium purely through elastic cesium-lithium collisions (sympathetic evaporation).