Abstract
Cold <sup>87</sup>Rb atom's loading in an integrating sphere with diffuse
light is analyzed theoretically and experimentally. The experimental results show
that diffuse light cooling has the greatest efficiency to cool the most atoms when
the red detuning between the frequencies of cooling light and atom transition is
about 3.3\Γ (Γ is the natural linewidth, 6.065 MHz). Theoretical analysis
using rate equation and numerical calculations on the cold atom number and loading
time agree with the experimental results. This integrating sphere cooling would be a
novel method for cooling atoms and lead to a new and robust cold atom source for
atomic clock.
© 2010 Chinese Optics Letters
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