Analysis of the atom-number correlation function in a few-atom trap

Abstract

Stochastic properties of loading and loss mechanism in a few atom trap are analyzed. An approximate formula is derived for the atom-number correlation function for the trapped atoms in the limit of reasonably small two-atom loss rate. Validity of the approximate formula is confirmed by numerical simulations.

5 pages, 3 figures

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• Dependence of fluorescence-level statistics on bin time size in a few-atom magneto-optical trap