Abstract Single caesium atoms in a large-magnetic-gradient vapour-cell magneto-optical trap have been identified. The trapping of individual atoms is marked by the steps in fluorescence signal corresponding to the capture or loss of single atoms. The typical magnetic gradient is about 29 mT/cm, which evidently reduces the capture rate of magneto-optical trap.
Received: 03 January 2008
Revised: 06 March 2008
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Fund: Project supported by the National
Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60578018 and
10434080), the State Key Research Program of China (Grant No
2006CB921102), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents of the
Education Ministry, China (Grant
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Wang Jing (王婧), He Jun (何军), Qiu Ying (邱英), Yang Bao-Dong (杨保东), Zhao Jiang-Yan (赵江艳), Zhang Tian-Cai (张天才), Wang Jun-Min (王军民) Observation of single neutral atoms in a large-magnetic-gradient vapour-cell magneto-optical trap 2008 Chin. Phys. B 17 2062
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