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Simultaneous Magneto-Optical Trapping of Two Lithium Isotopes

Marc-Oliver Mewes, Gabriele Ferrari, Florian Schreck, Alice Sinatra, Christophe Salomon

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/9909007

Abstract

We confine 4 108 fermionic 6Li atoms simultaneously with 9 109 bosonic 7Li atoms in a magneto-optical trap based on an all-semiconductor laser system. We optimize the two-isotope sample for sympathetic evaporative cooling. This is an essential step towards the production of a quantum-degenerate gas of fermionic lithium atoms.

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