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PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.011402
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We report on the simultaneous trapping of two fermionic species, Li-6 and K-40, and a bosonic species, Rb-87, demonstrating the first three-species magneto-optical trap (triple MOT). The apparatus including the atom sources and the three laser systems is described, and the single-species MOTs and the triple MOT are characterized. In triple MOT operation, typical atom numbers of 3.2x10(7) for Li-6, 1.5x10(7) for K-40, and 5.4x10(9) for Rb-87 were achieved. Trap loss due to interspecies collisions was observed. We describe our way to optimize the triple MOT and turn it into a suitable source for the goal to achieve quantum degeneracy by evaporative and sympathetic cooling.
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