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Magnetic or optical molasses loading for a Cs dipole trap

Guillaume Stern, Emiliya Dimova, A. Fioretti, D. Comparat, P. Pillet

Published Mar 2, 2007• 1 citation

Abstract

We have studied the loading of a single-beam or a crossed dipole trap made by a Nd:YAG laser. The loading was performed from a magnetic trap or after a molasses phase with cesium atoms. Looking for high atomic density to perform a fast evaporation to reach the Bose-Einstein Condensation, we found that a crossed dipole trap with a waist of 30 &mgr;m and a laser power P=10 W, loaded from a molasses, gives a good starting point to begin evaporation with 5 &|m~; 106 atoms loaded in 50 ms.

DOI: 10.1117/12.726896

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