Abstract
We derive a simple formula for the heating rate that arises from quantum-diffractive background gas collisions in atom traps. This result appears to explain the residual heating rates reported for recent experiments with a Cs vapor-loaded, far-detuned optical trap at [Formula Presented] Torr [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5768 (1998)]. Diffractive collisions may determine the minimum heating rates achievable in shallow all-optical or magnetic atom traps operating at low temperature and high density.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | R29-R32 |
| Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics