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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/id/document/9966 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/id/document/9966 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/id/document/9966 archive 4148 disk0/00/00/24/42 2015-05-14 07:40:39 2015-05-14 07:40:39 2015-05-14 07:40:39 article show Veshapidze Giorgi giorgi.veshapidze@iliauni.edu.ge Bang Jung Fehrenbach Charles Nguyen Hai DePaola Brett lia State University Kansas State University University of Mary Washington inpress QC fac_eng public In many experiments involving magneto-optical traps (MOTs), it is imperative to know the fraction of atoms left in an excited state by the cooling and trapping lasers. In most cases, researchers have used formulas that were derived for simple 2-level systems interacting with a single beam of light having a well-defined polarization, and in the absence of magnetic or electric fields. However a MOT environment is much more complex than this. Here we directly measure the excited fraction in a MOT of 85Rb atoms in a model-independent manner for a wide range of trapping conditions. We then fit our measured fractions to an ansatz based on a simple model. Knowing only the trapping laser's total intensity and detuning from resonance, one can then use this ansatz to accurately predict the excited fraction. The work is a companion piece to similar measurements on a MOT of 87Rb. 2015 published Physical Review A American Physical Society TRUE http://journals.aps.org/pra/accepted/a7079NcaY8c1800929767379a9ef2e72906e791e3 Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation