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Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Investigation of Isotope Selective Characteristics of the Strontium Magneto-optical Trap by the Fluorescence Detection

Kwang-Hoon Ko, Do-Young Jeong, Gwon Lim, Taek-Soo Kim, Yong Ho, Hyungki Cha, You-Kyoung Lim

Published Sep 1, 2005• 8 citations
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Abstract

The strontium magneto optical trap followed by a Zeeman slower has been demonstrated. The isotope selective characteristics of the trap have been investigated. The fluorescence spectrum of the MOT was compared with those of other high resolution spectroscopic methods. The red detuned deflection beam is also considered for a more selective spectrum.

DOI
10.3807/josk.2005.9.3.087

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We report the first magneto-optical trapping of radioactive 135Cs and 137Cs and a promising means for detecting these isotopes to ultrasensitive levels by using a magneto-optical trap (MOT) coupled to a mass separator. A sample containing both isotopes was placed in the source of a mass separator, ionized, mass separated, and implanted in a Zr foil within the MOT cell. After implantation, atoms were released from the foil by inductive heating and then captured in a MOT that used large diameter beams and a dry-film-coated cell to achieve high trapping efficiency. MOT fluorescence signals were measured for trapped-atom numbers from 104 to 107 and were found to increase linearly with the number of atoms implanted in the foil. The slope of signal versus number implanted was equal for each isotope to within 4%, signifying our ability to measure 137Cs/135Cs ratios to within 4% for MOT signal levels exceeding that associated with our present detection limit of 4000 trapped atoms. The MOT-based detection scheme was shown capable of suppressing interference from stable 133Cs by more than seven orders of magnitude. Including an isotopic selectivity of 105 of the mass separator, the overall suppression of 133Cs in the case of detecting either 135Cs and 137Cs is expected to exceed 1012. At present, the overall sample detection sensitivity is less than one million atoms.
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We report the first magneto-optical trapping of mdioactive {sup 135}Cs and {sup 137}Cs and a promising means for detecting these isotopes to ullrasensilive lcvels by a system coupling the magneto-optical trap (MOT) to a mass separator. The mass separator efficiently delivers a 20 kV ion beam of either isotope into a quartzcube MOT cell having in one corner a small-diameter Zr foil, on which the ion beam is focused and into which the ions are implantetl. Inductive heating of thc foil releases {approx}45% of the implanted atoms into a MOT that uses large diameter beams and a dry-film coating to capture 3% of the released vapor. MOT fluorescence signals were found to increasc linearly with the number of foil-implanted atoms over a range of 10{sup 4} to 10{sup 7} in trapped-atom number. The measured slope of MOT signal versus number implanted was equal in the case each isotope to within 4%, signifying our ability to measure {sup 137}Cs/{sup 135}Cs ratios to within 4%. The isotopic selectivities of the mass separator and MOT combine to suppress interfering signal from {sup 133}Cs by a factor of greater than 5 x 10{sup 12} in the case of detecting {sup 135}Cs or {sup 137}Cs. Our present sample detection sensitivity is one million atoms.