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Cooling of Sr to high phase-space density by laser and sympathetic cooling in isotopic mixtures

G. Ferrari, R. E. Drullinger, N. Poli, F. Sorrentino, G. M. Tino

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/0601086

Abstract

Based on an experimental study of two-body and three-body collisions in ultracold strontium samples, a novel optical-sympathetic cooling method in isotopic mixtures is demonstrated. Without evaporative cooling, a phase-space density of 6×10-2 is obtained with a high spatial density that should allow to overcome the difficulties encountered so far to reach quantum degeneracy for Sr atoms.

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