Photoionization of optically trapped ultracold atoms with a high-power light-emitting diode
Photoionization of laser-cooled atoms using short pulses of a high-power light-emitting diode (LED) is demonstrated. Light pulses as short as 30 ns have been realized with the simple LED driver circuit. We measure the ionization cross section of 85Rb atoms in the first excited state, and show how th...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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17 April 2013
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Review of scientific instruments
Year: 2013, Volume: 84, Issue: 4 |
| ISSN: | 1089-7623 |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4795475 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4795475 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4795475 
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| Author Notes: | Simone Götz, Bastian Höltkemeier, Thomas Amthor, and Matthias Weidemüller |
| Summary: | Photoionization of laser-cooled atoms using short pulses of a high-power light-emitting diode (LED) is demonstrated. Light pulses as short as 30 ns have been realized with the simple LED driver circuit. We measure the ionization cross section of 85Rb atoms in the first excited state, and show how this technique can be used for calibrating efficiencies of ion detector assemblies. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 12.02.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1089-7623 |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4795475 |