2000/07/14 by Brian P. Anderson, B. P. Anderson, Mark A. Kasevich +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.63.023404
7 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2000/07/14 · openalex publication_date 2001/01/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Low-intensity white light was used to increase the loading rate of 87Rb atoms into a vapor-cell magneto-optic trap by inducing nonthermal desorption of Rb atoms from the stainless-steel walls of the vapor cell. An increased Rb partial pressure reached a new equilibrium value in fewer than 10 s after switching on the broadband light source. After the source was turned off, the partial pressure returned to its previous value in 1/e times as short as 10 s.