Tuning the velocity and flux of a low-velocity intense source of cold atomic beam
(color online) Experimental and simulation data showing the dependence of atomic beam characteristics on the transverse cooling beams detuning. (a) Mean longitudinal velocity versus detuning. (b) Atomic beam flux versus detuning. The black rectangles and red circles are the experimental and numerical results respectively. The horizontal axis represents the frequency detuning of the transverse cooling laser in the unit of the dimensionless parameter δ/Γ, referred to the natural linewidth of the 87Rb atomic transition.
