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Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference

Evaporative cooling in optical dipole traps

Rudolf Grimm, M. Hammes, D. Rychtarik, Tino Weber, Jens Herbig, Hanns‐Christoph Nägerl, Marcel Carto Constantin Mudrich, Stephan Kraft, Kilian Singer, Allard P. Mosk, Matthias Weidemüller

Published Nov 13, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

Summary form only given. Optical dipole traps operating with laser light very far from resonance can provide conservative trapping potentials with interesting new features for evaporation experiments. We explore the prospects of evaporative cooling in various trapping schemes.
DOI
10.1109/qels.2001.962208

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