Fig. 2: Dependence of conveyor MOT cloud size on frequency detunings and magnetic field. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Dependence of conveyor MOT cloud size on frequency detunings and magnetic field.

From: A conveyor-belt magneto-optical trap of CaF

Fig. 2: Dependence of conveyor MOT cloud size on frequency detunings and magnetic field.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a MOT radius σ as a function of two-photon detunings (a) δa, (b) δb, (c) single-photon detuning Δ, and (d) applied magnetic field gradient \({B}^{{\prime} }\). For each scan in (a–c), all other detunings and the total intensity are kept fixed. The intensity of each beam is calibrated such that it remains constant as frequency is varied. The maximum magnetic field gradient used in (a–c) is \({B}^{{\prime} }\approx 40\) G/cm.

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