Observation of radiation trapping in a dense Cs magneto-optical trap

Year: 1998

Authors: Fioretti A., Molisch A.F., Müller J.H., Verkerk P., Allegrini M.

Autors Affiliation: Ist. Naz. Per la Fis. della Materia, Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Piazza Torricelli 2, I-56126 Pisa, Italy; Inst. Nachrichtentechnik H., Technische Universität Wien, Gusshausstrasse 25/389, A-1040 Vienna, Austria; Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France; Dipto. Fis. della Materia T., Università di Messina, Salita Sperone 31, I-98166 Sant\’Agata, Italy

Abstract: We present an experimental and theoretical investigation of the resonant radiation trapping phenomenon in a magnetooptical trap (MOT) for cesium atoms. We have resonantly excited the 6(2)S(1/2)(F = 4)-6(2)P(3/2)(F\’ = 5) transition with a probe laser and measured directly its effective radiative lifetime. We compare our experimental data with a model based on an approximate solution of the Holstein equation and with a Monte Carlo simulation of the process. The inadequacy of the standard theory for thermal atomic samples in reproducing the data is pointed out.

Journal/Review: OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS (PRINT)

Volume: 149 (4-6)      Pages from: 415  to: 422

KeyWords: Radiation trapping; Magneto-optical; Trapping
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00704-9

Citations: 52
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