2001/07/06 by S. Kulin, S. A. Kulin, S. Aubin +6
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atomic physics #Axicon #Beam (structure) #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Laser #Laser beams #Laser cooling #Materials science #Metastability #Optics #Physics #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Spectroscopy #Trap (plumbing) #Trapping #Ultracold atom #Xenon #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1464-4266/3/6/301
12 pages, 8 figures
arxiv created 2001/07/06 · openalex publication_date 2001/10/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present an optical trap for atoms which we have developed for precision spectroscopy measurements. Cold atoms are captured in a dark region of space inside a blue-detuned hollow laser beam formed by an axicon. We analyse the light potential in a ray optics picture and experimentally demonstrate trapping of laser-cooled metastable xenon atoms.