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View SchemaTrapping of Rb atoms by ac electric fields
| Authors | Sophie Schlunk, Adela Marian, Peter Geng, Allard P. Mosk, Gerard Meijer, Wieland Schoellkopf |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0702119 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702119 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.223002 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 223002 (2007) |
Abstract
We demonstrate trapping of an ultracold gas of neutral atoms in a macroscopic ac electric trap. Three-dimensional confinement is obtained by switching between two saddle-point configurations of the electric field. Stable trapping is observed in a narrow range of switching frequencies around 60 Hz. The dynamic confinement of the atoms is directly visualized at different phases of the ac switching cycle. We observe about 10^5 Rb atoms in the 1 mm^3 large and several microkelvins deep trap with a lifetime of approximately 5 s.
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