Transverse laser cooling of a thermal atomic beam of dysprosium

N. Leefer, A. Cingöz, B. Gerber-Siff +3

A thermal atomic beam of dysprosium (Dy) atoms is cooled using the $4f^{10}6s^2(J=8)\to 4f^{10}6s6p(J=9)$ transition at 421 nm. The cooling is done via a standing light wave ort…