• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 11, 110201 (2015)
Zhujun Zhang, Zhonghua Ji, Zhonghao Li, Jinpeng Yuan, Yanting Zhao*, Liantuan Xiao, and Suotang Jia
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  • State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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    Zhujun Zhang, Zhonghua Ji, Zhonghao Li, Jinpeng Yuan, Yanting Zhao, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia. Space-adjustable dark magneto-optical trap for efficient production of heteronuclear molecules[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(11): 110201 Copy Citation Text show less
    Energy levels diagram of (a) Rb85 and (b) Cs133 in dark MOT. T: trapping laser, D: depumping laser, R: repumping laser.
    Fig. 1. Energy levels diagram of (a) Rb85 and (b) Cs133 in dark MOT. T: trapping laser, D: depumping laser, R: repumping laser.
    Brief diagram of optical elements in near-vacuum chamber. The angle between the double-mixed beams of the repumping lasers and depumping lasers is 168°.
    Fig. 2. Brief diagram of optical elements in near-vacuum chamber. The angle between the double-mixed beams of the repumping lasers and depumping lasers is 168°.
    (a) Spatial position of Rb and Cs atom clouds with different power ratios of two repumping beams in double-mixed beams. The power ratios P1∶P2 of the Rb repumping beams are set to be 0, 0.47, and 4.44 from left to right, and the overlap ratios are measured to be 0, 0.65, and 1 based on the definition of Eq. (1). (b) The corresponding loading curves of the Rb atoms immerged in Cs atoms. The obtained collision-induced loss rates are 0.14(1), 0.17(3), and 0.23(3) s−1 according to the theoretical fit of Eq. (3).
    Fig. 3. (a) Spatial position of Rb and Cs atom clouds with different power ratios of two repumping beams in double-mixed beams. The power ratios P1P2 of the Rb repumping beams are set to be 0, 0.47, and 4.44 from left to right, and the overlap ratios are measured to be 0, 0.65, and 1 based on the definition of Eq. (1). (b) The corresponding loading curves of the Rb atoms immerged in Cs atoms. The obtained collision-induced loss rates are 0.14(1), 0.17(3), and 0.23(3)s1 according to the theoretical fit of Eq. (3).
    Ion signal spectra of RbCs of (a) single-mixed beam and (b) double-mixed beams.
    Fig. 4. Ion signal spectra of RbCs of (a) single-mixed beam and (b) double-mixed beams.
    RbCs+ molecular ion intensities of single-mixed beam and double-mixed beams as functions of PA laser intensity. The solid lines are the fitted results of the experiment data by Eq. (4).
    Fig. 5. RbCs+ molecular ion intensities of single-mixed beam and double-mixed beams as functions of PA laser intensity. The solid lines are the fitted results of the experiment data by Eq. (4).
    Zhujun Zhang, Zhonghua Ji, Zhonghao Li, Jinpeng Yuan, Yanting Zhao, Liantuan Xiao, Suotang Jia. Space-adjustable dark magneto-optical trap for efficient production of heteronuclear molecules[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(11): 110201
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