Probe spectroscopy in an operating magneto-optical trap: the role of Raman transitions between discrete and continuum atomic states

Tomasz M. Brzozowski, Maria Brzozowska, Jerzy Zachorowski +2

We report on cw measurements of probe beam absorption and four-wave-mixing spectra in a ${}^{85}$Rb magneto-optical trap taken while the trap is in operation. The trapping beams are…