Evolution of the number and temperature of the remaining cold atoms in CW-laser photoionization of laser-cooled ${}^{87}$Rb atoms

Fei Wang, Feng-Dong Jia, Wei-Chen Liang +11

Based on the Rb${}^{+}$-Rb hybrid trap, we investigate the effect of ion-atom elastic collisions on the number and temperature of the remaining atoms. We measured the remaining atomic…