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physics.gen-ph2002★ 61 cited
Evanescent-wave trapping and evaporative cooling of an atomic gas near two-dimensionality
M. Hammes, D. Rychtarik, B. Engeser +2
A dense gas of cesium atoms at the crossover to two-dimensionality is prepared in a highly anisotropic surface trap that is realized with two evanescent light waves. Temperatures a…
physics.atom-ph2002★ 30 cited
Cold atom gas at very high densities in an optical surface microtrap
M. Hammes, D. Rychtarik, H. -C. Nägerl +1
An optical microtrap is realized on a dielectric surface by crossing a tightly focused laser beam with an horizontal evanescent-wave atom mirror. The nondissipative trap is loaded…
physics.atom-ph2000★ 30 cited
Optical and evaporative cooling of cesium atoms in the gravito-optical surface trap
M. Hammes, D. Rychtarik, V. Druzhinina +3
We report on cooling of an atomic cesium gas closely above an evanescent-wave atom mirror. At high densitities, optical cooling based on inelastic reflections is found to be limite…