K D Rathod
Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics
Volume 83 Issue 3 September 2014 pp 387-393
Cold beam of isotopically pure Yb atoms by deflection using 1D-optical molasses
K D Rathod P K Singh Vasant Natarajan
We demonstrate the generation of an isotopically pure beam of laser-cooled Yb atoms by deflection using 1D-optical molasses. Atoms in a collimated thermal beam are first slowed using a Zeeman slower. They are then subjected to a pair of molasses beams inclined at 45° with respect to the slowed atomic beam. The slowed atoms are deflected and probed at a distance of 160 mm. We demonstrate the selective deflection of the bosonic isotope 174Yb and the fermionic isotope 171Yb. Using a transient measurement after the molasses beams are turned on, we find a longitudinal temperature of 41 mK.
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