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Ann. Phys. Fr.
Volume 32, Number 2-3, 2007
COLOQ'1010th conference on lasers and quantum optics
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| Page(s) | 171 - 173 | |
| Section | Short contributions | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/anphys:2008035 | |
| Published online | 23 May 2008 | |
Ann. Phys. Fr., Vol. 32, N°2-3 2007, pp. 171-173
Trapping metastable chromium atoms in a crossed optical dipole trap
Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, UMR 7538 du CNRS,
Université Paris-Nord, 99 avenue Jean-Baptiste Clément,
93430 Villetaneuse, France
Corresponding author: quentin.beaufils@gmail.com
We report the fast accumulation of up to 1 million 52Cr metastable atoms in a mixed trap formed by the superposition of a quadrupolar magnetic trap and a strongly confining optical trap. The cloud is at a temperature of 100 μK with a peak density of 1018 atoms/m3, which is a promising starting point to reach quantum degeneracy by forced evaporation in an optical trap.
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