Present efforts:

• Subrecoil cooling of alkali atoms

• Creation and transfer of cold dense atomic clouds

• Evaporative cooling

Future effort:

• Guiding of atoms through laser fields

This research work is undertaken in close collaboration with the other research teams of the European Community TMR Network on Coherent Matter Waves Interactions.

TMR Network

• Links of the network groups

Fellowship

The present research plans within the TMR-network offers various post-doc and Ph.d.-positions on different time scale. The positions will be funded by the European Community. Due to the rules of the EU-Commision positions are only open for 'young researchers' (age under 35; except possible years for child care) who are citizens of one of the member states or associate states of the EU. Candidats should send their application by regular mail. Successfull applicants are supposed to start their work in Pisa on October the 1st, 1998. Applications are welcomed.

Recent publications

• E. Arimondo, "Coherent population trapping in laser spectroscopy", Progr. Optics 35, 257 (1996).
• S. Grego, M. Colla, A. Fioretti, J. H. Müller, P. Verkerk, and E. Arimondo, "A Cesium magneto-optical trap for cold collisions studies", Opt. Commun. 132, 519 (1996).
• C. Gabbanini, A. Evangelisti, S. Gozzini, A. Lucchesini, A. Fioretti, J.H. Müller, M. Colla, and E. Arimondo, "Scaling laws in magneto-optical traps", Europhys. Lett., 37 (4), 251 (1997).
• A. Fioretti, J.H. Müller, P. Verkerk, M. Allegrini, E. Arimondo, and P.S. Julienne, "Direct measurement of fine-structure collisional losses from a Cs magneto-optical trap", Phys. Rev. A, 55, R3999 (1997).
• C. Menotti, P. Horak, H. Ritsch, J. H. Müller, and E. Arimondo, "Dynamics of high-F VSCPT in presence of polarization gradient cooling and repumping, in press in PRA.

Something about us ...

Interesting Links

• Probe Microscopy Group (Prof. M.Allegrini)
• Laser ablation activities

Ennio Arimondo - arimondo@mailbox.difi.unipi.it

Onofrio Marago` - marago@mailbox.difi.unipi.it