Laser cooling and trapping of francium

Year: 2005

Authors: Atutov S.N., Biancalana V., Burchianti A., Calabrese R., Corradi L., Dainelli A., Guidi V., Khanbekyan A., Marinelli C., Mariotti E., Minguzzi P., Moi L., Peshev Z., Sanguinetti S., Stancari G., Tomassetti L., Veronesi S.

Autors Affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara, via del Paradiso 12, 44100 Ferrara, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, Instituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Unità di Ricerca Siena, via Roma 56, 53100 Siena, Italy; Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, via Roma 4, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica E. Fermi, Instituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Unità di Ricerca Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: An apparatus to produce francium atoms and to trap them in a magneto-optical trap (MOT) has been set up at the Legnaro INFN National Laboratories (Italy). A detailed description of the main parts of the apparatus is given together with step-by-step measurements characterizing the production, transport, neutralization, and trapping of the radioactive atoms. The Fr MOT is operative, and the first trapping signal of the Fr-210 isotope is reported.

Journal/Review: LASER PHYSICS

Volume: 15 (7)      Pages from: 1080  to: 1086

KeyWords: Electron traps; Francium; Isotopes; Optical variables measurement; Radioactivity; Signal detection, Magneto-optical trap (MOT); Neutralization; Signal trapping; Step-by-step measurement; Laser beam effects

Citations: 1
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