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Laser cooling and trapping of Yb from a thermal source
Umakant D. Rapol, Anusha Krishna, Ajay Wasan +1
We have successfully loaded a magneto-optic trap for Yb atoms from a thermal source without the use of a Zeeman slower. The source is placed close to the trapping region so that it…
Observation of sub-natural linewidths for cold atoms in a magneto-optic trap
Umakant D. Rapol, Ajay Wasan, Vasant Natarajan
We have studied the absorption of a weak probe beam through cold rubidium atoms in a magneto-optic trap. The absorption spectrum shows two peaks with the smaller peak having linewi…
Sub-natural linewidth in room-temperature Rb vapor using a control laser
Umakant D. Rapol, Ajay Wasan, Vasant Natarajan
We demonstrate two ways of obtaining sub-natural linewidth for probe absorption through room-temperature Rb vapor. Both techniques use a control laser that drives the transition fr…
Loading of a Rb magneto-optic trap from a getter source
Umakant D. Rapol, Ajay Wasan, Vasant Natarajan
We study the properties of a Rb magneto-optic trap loaded from a commercial getter source which provides a large flux of atoms for the trap along with the capability of rapid turn-…