Laser Technology
Simulation of transverse position distributions of Cr atomic beam pre-collimated by three apertures
Pingping Zhang
Abstract
In order to study the effect of isotopes except for 52Cr on the transverse position distribution of Cr atomic beam,simulation was carried out for 1-D transverse laser cooling with a three-aperture pre-collimating slit by means of Monte Carlo method.The results show that isotopes except for 52Cr can make the background increased and affect characteristics of each part of the atomic beam: the central maximum value decreases 9.5% and its full width at half maximum(FWHM)increases 2.9% in the center;while the maximum value increases 25% with little increase of the FWHM in either side.It concludes that the existence of the isotopes except for 52Cr has little effect on the center maximum value and FWHM of the center part atomic beam.