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Stable localisation of multilevel atoms in the field of a standing optical wave during two-frequency cooling

D. V. Kosachev^a, Yu. V. Rozhdestvenskii<sup>b

a</sup> Saint-Petersburg State Technical University
^b All-Russian Research Center "S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute", St. Petersburg

Abstract: Microtraps of a new type, intended for multilevel atoms, are investigated. Strong cooling of these atoms is achieved by coherent population trapping and the potential is provided by a standing wave. This favours prolonged confinement of multilevel atoms in the periodic potential of a standing optical wave.

PACS: 32.80.Pj, 42.62.Hk

Received: 23.09.1994

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1995, 25:8, 828–830

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