Velocity control of an Yb beam by a frequency-doubled mode-locked laser
Makoto Watanabe, R. Ohmukai, U. Tanaka +3 more
An ytterbium atomic beam has been decelerated with the use of a multimode light beam based on a frequency-doubled mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser. Compression of the atomic velocity distribution was achieved by the addition of a copropagating single-mode light beam. The contribution of each isotope to the observed compressed peaks of the velocity distribution is explained.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B•Nov 1, 1996•25 citations