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Laser cooling based on dark states, i.e. states decoupled from light, has proven to be effective to increase the phase-space density of cold trapped atoms. Dark-states cooling requires open atomic transitions, in contrast to the ordinary laser cooling used for example in magneto-optical traps (MOTs), which operate on closed atomic transitions. For alkali atoms, dark-states cooling is therefore commonly operated on the $D_1$ transition $n S_{1/2}rightarrow n P_{1/2}$. We show that, for $^{87}text{Rb}$, thanks to the large hyperfine structure separations the use of this transition is not strictly necessary and that $$quasi-dark state$$ cooling is efficient also on the $D_2$ line, $5 S_{1/2}rightarrow 5 P_{3/2}$. We report temperatures as low as $(4.0pm 0.3),mu$K and an increase of almost an order of magnitude in the phase space density with respect to ordinary laser sub-Doppler cooling.
Experiments on the spectroscopy of the Forster resonance Rb(37P)+Rb(37P) -> Rb(37S)+Rb(38S) and microwave transitions nP -> nS, nD between Rydberg states of cold Rb atoms in a magneto-optical trap have been performed. Under ordinary conditions, all s
Gray molasses is a powerful tool for sub-Doppler laser cooling of atoms to low temperatures. For alkaline atoms, this technique is commonly implemented with cooling lasers which are blue-detuned from either the D1 or D2 line. Here we show that effici
We determine the frequency of the ultranarrow $^{87}text{Sr}$ ${^{1}text{S}_{0}} - {^{3}text{P}_{2}}$ transition by spectroscopy of an ultracold gas. This transition is referenced to four molecular iodine lines that are observed by Doppler-free satur
We show that with a purely blue-detuned cooling mechanism we can densely load single neutral atoms into large arrays of shallow optical tweezers. With this ability, more efficient assembly of larger ordered arrays will be possible - hence expanding t
We report enhanced three-dimensional degenerated Raman sideband cooling (3D DRSC) of caesium (Cs) atoms in a standard single-cell vapour-loading magneto-optical trap. Our improved scheme involves using a separate repumping laser and optimized lattice