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arxiv: 1006.4526 · v1 · pith:ICAZM6RHnew · submitted 2010-06-23 · ⚛️ physics.atom-ph

Laser cooling with a single laser beam and a planar diffractor

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A planar triplet of diffraction gratings is used to transform a single laser beam into a four-beam tetrahedral magneto-optical trap. This `flat' pyramid diffractor geometry is ideal for future microfabrication. We demonstrate the technique by trapping and subsequently sub-Doppler cooling 87Rb atoms to 30microKelvin.

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