| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 34, Number 9, June III 1996
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 663 - 668 | |
| Section | Classical areas of phenomenology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1996-00512-5 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Observation of individual neutral atoms in magnetic and magneto-optical traps
Institut für Quantenoptik, Universität Hannover,
Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
Received:
4
December
1995
Accepted:
6
May
1996
We have identified and photographed individual cesium atoms in a magneto-optical trap with steep magnetic gradients. By switching off the trapping light fields, single atoms were released to a bound state of the magnetic potential. A storage time of 38 s was measured for purely magnetic trapping, whereas a storage time of 147 s was observed in the corresponding magneto-optical trap.
PACS: 42.50.-p – Quantum optics / 32.80.Pj – Optical cooling of atoms; trapping
© EDP Sciences, 1996
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