Problem with \(F=2 \rightarrow F'=3\) 1D molasses

[lei xu]

Dear the authors 

First thanks for your great works for providing a powerful numerical tools to simulate laser cooling and trapping. 

I have some questions on the example '\(F=2 \rightarrow F'=3\) 1D molasses' .

I don't find the definition of the spontaneous radiation during the calculation, so what's the definition 'Gamma' in the presented figures. Is it the spontaneous radiation rate between two manifolds?

Best wishes.

[Eckel, Stephen P. (Fed)]

Hello Lei,

Yes.  Gamma is the spontaneous emission rate of the excited manifold, which is presumed to decay entirely into the ground state manifold.

Please see our publication for more details, including the use of units in pylcp.  That should help clarify this question for you.

Best regards,

-Steve

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Dr. Stephen Eckel
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Thermodynamic Metrology Group
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