Inelastic cold collisions of a Na/Rb mixture in a magneto-optical trap
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 59 (1) , R23-R26
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.59.r23
Abstract
We report results on inelastic cold collisions for a mixed species magneto-optical trap containing Na and Rb. The rate of collisional trap loss of Na is due to different contributions: Na-Na and Na-Rb collisions. Both parts are investigated with respect to trap laser intensity and frequency. The observations are explained based on a Gallagher-Pritchard model. Possibilities for studies and applications involving mixed species traps are discussed.Keywords
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