Chin. Phys. Lett.  2016, Vol. 33 Issue (07): 070602    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/33/7/070602
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A Single Folded Beam Magneto-Optical Trap System for Neutral Mercury Atoms
Kang-Kang Liu1,2,3, Ru-Chen Zhao1,2,3, Wei Gou1,2,3, Xiao-Hu Fu1,2,3, Hong-Li Liu1,2,3, Shi-Qi Yin1,2,3, Jian-Fang Sun1,2, Zhen Xu1,2**, Yu-Zhu Wang1,2
1Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800
2Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, and Center for Cold Atom Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201800
3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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Kang-Kang Liu, Ru-Chen Zhao, Wei Gou et al  2016 Chin. Phys. Lett. 33 070602
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Abstract

Mercury is a promising candidate for the optical lattice clock, due to its low sensitivity to the blackbody radiation. We develop a single folded beam magneto-optical trap for the neutral mercury optical lattice clock, with a 253.7 nm frequency quadrupled laser. Up to $1.7\times10^{6}$ ($^{202}$Hg) or $1.5\times10^{6}$ ($^{199}$Hg) atoms can be captured, and the atom temperature is lowered to 170 μK ($^{202}$Hg) or 50 μK ($^{199}$Hg). The cold atom signals of all six rich abundant isotopes are observed in this system.

Received: 02 February 2016      Published: 01 August 2016
PACS:  06.30.Ft (Time and frequency)  
  07.60.-j (Optical instruments and equipment)  
  37.10.De (Atom cooling methods)  
  37.10.Gh (Atom traps and guides)  
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