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Cold, Optically Dense Samples of Atomic Rubidium

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2011

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Institute of Physics
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Magkiriadou, Sofia, David Patterson, Timothée Nicolas, and John M. Doyle. 2011. Cold, optically dense gases of atomic rubidium. New Journal of Physics 13(2): 023012.

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Cold and optically dense gases of atomic rubidium are produced using buffer gas cooling in combination with rapid, high-flow vapor injection. The observed rubidium density is 3 × 10(^{12})cm(^{−3}) at a gas temperature of ∼20 K, leading to an optical density of the order of 200.

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atomic and molecular physics, atom cooling methods

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