Excessive levitation for the efficient loading of large-volume optical dipole traps

Wang Xiaoqing¹, Li Yuqing^{1, 2, †}, Feng Guosheng¹, Wu Jizhou¹, Ma Jie^{1, 2}, Xiao Liantuan^{1, 2}, Jia Suotang^{1, 2}

(color online) Atomic velocity (solid lines) and acceleration (dashed lines) as a function of levitation time at the magnetic field gradients of (a) (orange line), 31.3 G/cm (green line), (b) 45 G/cm (red line), and 54 G/cm (blue line).