Compression of cold atoms to very high densities in a novel rotating-beam blue-detuned optical dipole trap
Lev Khaykovich, N. Friedman, Roee Ozeri +1 more
Summary form only given. A tightly focused and rapidly rotating blue-detuned laser beam was used to trap rubidium atoms in the dark with long atomic coherence times. Adiabatic compression and laser cooling then yielded atomic densities well above 10/sup 13/ cm/sup -3/.
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference•Jan 20, 2003•2 citations