Three-dimensional Doppler, polarization-gradient, and magneto-optical forces for atoms and molecules with dark states

We theoretically investigate the damping and trapping forces in a three-dimensional magneto-optical trap (MOT), by numerically solving the optical Bloch equations. We focus on the case where there are dark states because the atom is driven on a ‘type-II’ system where the angular momentum of the exci...

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Main Authors: J A Devlin, M R Tarbutt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/12/123017