How to produce very cold Rydberg atoms

Evgeny Korsunsky; Yuri V. Rozhdestvenskii

doi:10.1117/12.239817

6 May 1996 How to produce very cold Rydberg atoms

Evgeny Korsunsky, Yuri V. Rozhdestvenskii

Proceedings Volume 2799, Atomic and Quantum Optics: High-Precision Measurements; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239817
Event: International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, 1995, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Abstract

We show that an ensemble of atoms in highly excited states with narrow center-of-mass momentum distribution (cold Rydberg atoms) can be obtained with velocity-selective (pi) - pulses and laser cooling by velocity-selective coherent population trapping (VSCPT). Both methods use three-level cascade systems with the uppermost state being the Rydberg one where the atoms are excited and cooled. Very high fraction of atoms can be cooled to subrecoil temperatures by the use of VSCPT in standing light waves.

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Evgeny Korsunsky and Yuri V. Rozhdestvenskii "How to produce very cold Rydberg atoms", Proc. SPIE 2799, Atomic and Quantum Optics: High-Precision Measurements, (6 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239817

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