Repumping of ultracold strontium atoms using the $^3$P$_2$ - $^3$D$_2$ transition
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Abstract
We discuss recent experiments involving ultracold strontium. Using a commercially-available 3 micron laser, we repump atoms out of the $^3$P$_2$ level via the $^3$D$_2$ state and gain almost a factor of 10 in the number of atoms in our system. This increase in the signal-to-noise ratio enables improved spectroscopy of strontium in our optical trap.
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Authors
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P.G. Mickelson
Rice University, Rice University and the Rice Quantum Institute
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Y.N. Martinez de Escobar
Rice University, Rice University and the Rice Quantum Institute
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A.J. Traverso
Rice University, Rice University and the Rice Quantum Institute
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T.C. Killian
Rice University, Rice University and the Rice Quantum Institute