Realization of a Cold Mixture of Fermionic Chromium and Lithium Atoms

Abstract

We report on the production of a novel cold mixture of fermionic ${}^{53}$Cr and ${}^6$Li atoms delivered by two Zeeman-slowed atomic beams and collected within a magneto-optical trap (MOT). For lithium, we obtain clouds of up to $410^8$ atoms at temperatures of about $500\mu$K. A gray optical molasses stage allows us to decrease the gas temperature down to $45(5)\mu$K. For chromium, we obtain MOTs comprising up to $1.510^6$ atoms. The availability of magnetically trappable metastable $D$-states, from which $P$-state atoms can radiatively decay onto, enables to accumulate into the MOT quadrupole samples of up to $10^7$ ${}^{53}$Cr atoms. After repumping $D$-state atoms back into the cooling cycle, a final cooling stage decreases the chromium temperature down to $145(5)\mu$K. While the presence of a lithium MOT decreases the lifetime of magnetically trapped ${}^{53}$Cr atoms, we obtain, within a 5 seconds duty cycle, samples of about $410^6$ chromium and $1.510^8$ lithium atoms. Our work provides a crucial step towards the production of degenerate Cr-Li Fermi mixtures.

arXiv comment14 pages, 8 figures

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