Cette thèse a été effectuée dans le cadre d'un projet qui vise à explorer les facteurs limitants des performances d'une horloge à ions dans le domaine des fréquences micro-onde. Ce travail repose sur l'observation et la manipulation d'un grand nuage d'ions dans des potentiels de géométries différentes. Le but est l'analyse et le transport d'un grand nuage pouvant dépasser 10^6 ions dans un piège radio-fréquence linéaire à plusieurs zones. Notre groupe à construit un piège à trois zones destiné au piégeage d'ions calcium: deux parties quadrupolaires et une partie octupolaire montées en ligne. Les ions sont créés dans la première partie quadrupolaire et refroidis par laser le long de l'axe du piège. Nous avons d'abord étudié la création d'un grand nuage. La limite actuelle des paramètres du système permet de confiner et détecter des nuages de taille maximale 1,2.10^5 ions. Ensuite, grâce à un protocole de transport rapide et optimisé, ces ions sont transportés dans le deuxième et troisième piège avec une efficacité pouvant atteindre 100%. Les résultats en fonction de la durée de transport montrent une asymétrie entre les deux sens de transport que nous exploitons pour ajouter des ions dans le deuxième piège sans perte du nuage initialement présent. Cette technique d'accumulation a permis de piégér 2,5.10^5 ions dans le deuxième et troisième piège. Ce nombre semble limité par les refroidissement. Enfin, dans l'octupole, les observations montrent que, contrairement aux structures creuses attendues par les modèles, les ions froids s'organisent dans trois minima locaux de potentiels. La cause de cette différence est un petit défaut dans la symétrie octupolaire des barreaux. / This thesis is part of a project aiming to explore the performance limiting factors of a microwave ion clock. This work is based on the observation and manipulation of a large ion cloud in potentials with different geometries. The purpose is to analyze and transport a large cloud of more than 10^6 ions in a linear radio-frequency trap with several zones. Our group has build a three-zone trap for calcium ion trapping: two quadrupole parts and an octupole part mounted inline. Ions are created in the first quadrupole part and cooled by lasers along the trap symmetry axis. We study the creation of a large ion cloud. The current trapping and cooling parameters limit the maximum size of the cloud to 1,2.10^5 ions. with a rapid and optimized transport protocol, these ions are transfered in the second part of the trap and then in the octupole trap with an efficiency of up to 100%. The result as function of the transport duration shows an asymmetry between the two transport directions. We exploit this feature to add ions in the second or third trap without loss of the already trapped ions. This accumulation technique has allowed to trap 2,5.10^5 ions in the second and third trap. The cooling laser power seems to be the major limiting factor of this number. Finally the observation of the ions in the octupole shows that the cold ions are localised in three different potential wells. This is in contradiction with the hollow structure predicted by the analytical fluid model and molecular dynamics simulations. The cause of this difference is a tiny defect in the octupole symmetry of the RF-electrodes which leads to local minima in the multipole potential.

Ultra-cold dilute gases of neutral atoms are attractive candidates for creating controlled mesoscopic quantum systems. In particular, quantum degenerate gases of bosonic and fermionic atoms can be used to model the correlated many-body behaviour of Bose and Fermi condensed matter systems, and to study matter wave interference and coherence. This thesis describes the experimental realization and manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of 87Rb and degenerate Fermi gases (DFGs) of 40K using static and dynamic magnetic atom chip traps. Atom chips are versatile modern tools used to manipulate atomic gases. The chips consist of micrometre-scale conductors supported by a planar insulating substrate, and can be used to create confining potentials for neutral atoms tens or hundreds of micrometres from the chip surface. We demonstrate for the first time that a DFG can be produced via sympathetic cooling with a BEC using a simple single-vacuum-chamber apparatus. The large 40K-87Rb collision rate afforded by the strongly confining atom chip potential permits rapid cooling of 40K to quantum degeneracy via sympathetic cooling with 87Rb. By studying 40K-87Rb cross-thermalization as a function of temperature, we observe the Ramsauer-Townsend reduction in the 40K-87Rb elastic scattering cross-section. We achieve DFG temperatures as low as T = 0.1TF , and observe Fermi pressure in the time-of-flight expansion of the gas. This thesis also describes the radio-frequency (RF) manipulation of trapped atoms to create dressed state double-well potentials for BEC and DFG.We demonstrate for the first time that RF-dressed potentials are species-selective, permitting the formation of simultaneous 87Rb double-well and 40K single-well potentials using a 40K-87Rb mixture. We also develop tools to measure fluctuations of the relative atom number and relative phase of a dynamically split 87Rb BEC. In particular, we observe atom number fluctuations at the shot-noise level using time-of-flight absorption imaging. These measurement tools lay the foundation for future investigations of number squeezing and matter wave coherence in BEC and DFG systems.

Ultra-cold dilute gases of neutral atoms are attractive candidates for creating controlled mesoscopic quantum systems. In particular, quantum degenerate gases of bosonic and fermionic atoms can be used to model the correlated many-body behaviour of Bose and Fermi condensed matter systems, and to study matter wave interference and coherence. This thesis describes the experimental realization and manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of 87Rb and degenerate Fermi gases (DFGs) of 40K using static and dynamic magnetic atom chip traps. Atom chips are versatile modern tools used to manipulate atomic gases. The chips consist of micrometre-scale conductors supported by a planar insulating substrate, and can be used to create confining potentials for neutral atoms tens or hundreds of micrometres from the chip surface. We demonstrate for the first time that a DFG can be produced via sympathetic cooling with a BEC using a simple single-vacuum-chamber apparatus. The large 40K-87Rb collision rate afforded by the strongly confining atom chip potential permits rapid cooling of 40K to quantum degeneracy via sympathetic cooling with 87Rb. By studying 40K-87Rb cross-thermalization as a function of temperature, we observe the Ramsauer-Townsend reduction in the 40K-87Rb elastic scattering cross-section. We achieve DFG temperatures as low as T = 0.1TF , and observe Fermi pressure in the time-of-flight expansion of the gas. This thesis also describes the radio-frequency (RF) manipulation of trapped atoms to create dressed state double-well potentials for BEC and DFG.We demonstrate for the first time that RF-dressed potentials are species-selective, permitting the formation of simultaneous 87Rb double-well and 40K single-well potentials using a 40K-87Rb mixture. We also develop tools to measure fluctuations of the relative atom number and relative phase of a dynamically split 87Rb BEC. In particular, we observe atom number fluctuations at the shot-noise level using time-of-flight absorption imaging. These measurement tools lay the foundation for future investigations of number squeezing and matter wave coherence in BEC and DFG systems.

Precise measurements of both absolute frequencies and small frequency differences of atomic energy levels have played an important role in the development of physics. For example, high precision measurements of absolute frequencies of the 2S½ → 2P ½ transition (D1 line) of alkali atoms form an important link in the measurement of the fine structure constant, α. Similarly, precise interferometric measurements of the local gravitational acceleration (g) rely on the knowledge of the absolute frequencies of the 2S½ → 2P 3/2 transition (D2line) in alkali atoms. Difference frequency measurements of hyperfine structure and isotope shifts of atomic energy levels provide valuable information about the structure of the nucleus, which in turn helps in fine tuning the atomic wave functions used in theoretical calculations. The work reported in this thesis starts with the development and refinement of high precision measurement of absolute frequencies using a ring-cavity resonator. The measurement technique is relatively simple and cost-effective, but the accuracy is comparable to that achieved with the frequency comb technique (10¯11) when the accuracy is limited by the natural linewidth of the transition being measured. The technique combines the advantages of using tunable diode lasers to access atomic transitions with the fact that the absolute frequency of the D2 line in87Rb is known with an accuracy of 6 kHz. A frequency-stabilized diode laser locked to this line is used as a frequency reference, along with a ring-cavity resonator whose length is locked to the reference laser. For a given cavity length, an unknown laser locked to an atomic transition has a small frequency offset from the nearest cavity resonance. We use an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) to compensate for this frequency offset. The measured offset is combined with the cavity mode number to obtain a precise value for the frequency of The unknown laser. We have used this technique for absolute frequency measurements Of the D lines in133Cs and 6,7Li, and the 398.8nm line in Yb. We have also developed a technique to measure the ‘difference frequency’ of atomic energy levels using a single diode laser and an AOM. In this technique, the laser is first locked to a given hyperfine transition. The laser frequency is then shifted using the AOM to another hyperfine transition and the AOM frequency is locked to this difference. Thus the AOM frequency directly gives a measurement of the hyperfine interval. Applying this AOM technique we have measured the hyperfine interval of the D1 lines of all alkali atoms with high precision. We have further developed a technique of coheren-tcontrol spectroscopy (CCS) using co-propagating control and probe beam that is useful for highresolution spectroscopy. In this technique, the probe beam is locked to a transition and its absorption signal is monitored while the control beam is scanned through neighbouring transition. As the control comes into resonance with another transition, the probe absorption is reduced and the signal shows a Doppler free dip. This technique allows us to resolve transitions that are otherwise swamped by crossover resonances in conventional saturated absorption spectroscopy (SAS). We have applied this technique to measure hyperfine intervals in the D2 line of several alkali atoms. Thus, we were able to do high-precision measurements of both absolute and difference frequency of atomic transitions. The precision of the absolute frequency measurement is finally limited by the accuracy of 6 kHz with which the reference frequency is known. The nearby two photon transition in Rb, i.e. the 5S1/2→5D3/2 transition at 778 nm, is known with an accuracy of 1 kHz. In future, we hope to improve the accuracy of our technique using this transition as the reference. This thesis is organized as follows: In Chapter1,we give a brief introduction to our work.. We review the importance of frequency measurements and precision spectroscopy, followed by a comparison of the frequency comb and our ring cavity technique. In Chapter2, we describe measurements of the absolute frequency of the D lines of 133Cs using the ring cavity. We give a detailed discussion of the technique, the Possible sources of errors, and ways to check for the errors. The measurement of the absolute frequency of the D lines of Cs allows a direct comparison to frequency comb measurements, and thus acts as a good check on our technique. In Chapter 3, we describe the absolute frequency and isotope shift measurements in the 398.8 nm line in Yb. We probed this line by frequency doubling the output of a tunable Ti:Sapphire laser. We obtained< 60 kHz precision in our measurements and were able to resolve several discrepancies in previous measurements on this line. In Chapter 4, we describe the measurement of hyperfine structure in the D1 lines of alkali atoms. We used conventional saturated-absorption spectroscopy in a vapor cell to probe different hyperfine transitions and then used our AOM technique to measure the hyperfine interval with high precision. In Chapter 5 we discuss our measurements of hyperfine structure in the D2 lines of several alkali atoms. In the case of 23Na and 39K, the closely-spaced hyperfine transitions are not completely resolved in conventional saturatedabsorption spectroscopy due to the presence of cross over resonances. We have used coherent control spectroscopy to obtain crossover-free spectra and then measured the hyperfine intervals using an AOM. This technique was also used for high resolution spectroscopy in the D2 line of 133Cs. Finally, we describe our measurements of hyperfine structure in the D2 line of Rb using normal saturated absorption spectroscopy. Chapter 6, describes the relative and absolute frequency measurements in the D lines of6,7 Li at 670nm. High-precision measurements in lithium are of special interest because theoretical calculations of atomic properties in this simple three electron system are fairly advanced. Lithium spectroscopy poses an experimental challenge and we describe our efforts in doing highresolution spectroscopy on this system. Chapter 7 describes the hyperfine spectroscopy on the1P 1 state of 173Yb. Measurement of hyperfine structure in 173Yb has a problem because two of the hyperfine transitions overlap with the transition in 172Yb. In our earlier work (described in chapter 4), we had solved this problem by using multipeak fitting to the partially resolved spectrum. Here, we directly resolve the hyperfine transitions by using transverse laser cooling to selectively deflect the 173Yb isotope. In Chapter 8 , we give a broad conclusion to the work reported in this thesis and suggest future avenues of research to continue the work commenced here.

Cette thèse présente de nouvelles techniques pour l'étude expérimentale des gaz quantique ultrafroids d'atomes fermioniques de lithium et de potassium. Dans la première partie de cette thèse, nous décrivons la conception et la caractérisation des nouveaux composants de notre dispositif expérimental capable de piéger et refroidir simultanément des atomes de $^6$Li et de $^{40}$K à des températures ultrabasses. Nous rendons compte d'une nouvelle technique de refroidissement sub-Doppler, reposant sur la transition de la raie D$_1$ des atomes alcalins, pour refroidir des atomes de lithium et de potassium par laser. Après cette étape de mélasse, nous avons mesuré une densité dans l'espace des phases de l'ordre de $10^{-4}$ à la fois pour le $^6$Li et le $^{40}$K. Nous présentons le refroidissement par évaporation forcée d'atomes de $^{40}$K qui commence dans un piège magnétique quadripolaire pluggé et continue dans un piège optique dipolaire. Dans ce contexte, nous rendons compte de la production d'un gaz quantique de Fermi dégénéré de $1.5\times10^5$ atomes de $^{40}$K dans un piège dipolaire croisé avec $T/T_{_F} = 0.17$, ce qui ouvre la voie à l'étude des superfluides de $^{40}$K en interaction forte. Dans la deuxième partie de cette thèse, nous présentons une source laser à état solide, de faible largeur spectrale et capable d'émettre 5.2 W de puissance autour de 671 nm, dans la gamme des longueurs d'onde des transitions de la raie D du lithium. La source repose sur un laser en anneau pompé par diode, émettant sur la transition à 1342 nm de Nd:YVO$_4$, capable de produire 6.5 W de lumière dans un faisceau monomode limité par la diffraction. Nous rendons compte de trois différentes approches pour la génération de seconde harmonique du faisceau de sortie, à savoir en utilisant une cavité amplificatrice comprenant un cristal ppKTP, par doublage de fréquence intracavité et par un structure de guide d'onde de ppZnO:LN. / This thesis presents novel techniques for the experimental study of ultracold quantum gases of fermionic lithium and potassium atoms. In the first part of this thesis, we describe the design and characterization of the new components of our experimental apparatus capable of trapping and cooling simultaneously $^6$Li and $^{40}$K atoms to ultracold temperatures. We report on a novel sub-Doppler cooling mechanism, operating on the D$_1$ line transition of alkali atoms, for laser cooling of lithium and potassium. The measured phase space densities after this molasses phase are on the order of $10^{-4}$ for both $^6$Li and $^{40}$K. We present the forced evaporative cooling of $^{40}$K atoms, starting in an optically plugged magnetic quadrupole trap and continuing in an optical dipole trap. In this context, we report on the production of a quantum degenerate Fermi gas of $1.5\times10^5$ atoms $^{40}$K in a crossed dipole trap with $T/T_{_F} = 0.17$, paving the way for the study of strongly interacting superfluids of $^{40}$K. In the second part of this thesis, we present a narrow-linewidth, all-solid-state laser source, emitting 5.2 W in the vicinity of the lithium D-line transitions at 671 nm. The source is based on a diode-end-pumped unidirectional ring laser operating on the 1342 nm transition of Nd:YVO$_4$, capable of producing 6.5 W of single-mode light delivered in a diffraction-limited beam. We report on three different approaches for second-haromonic generation of its output beam, namely by employing an enhancement cavity containing a ppKTP crystal, intracavity frequency doubling and a ppZnO:LN waveguide structure.

On trouve des manifestations de la physique quantique au niveau thermodynamique dansde nombreux systèmes. Un exemple marquant est la superfluidité, découverte au début du20ème siècle, que l’on retrouve de l’hélium aux étoiles à neutrons. Les gaz dilués ultrafroidsoffrent une polyvalence unique pour étudier des systèmes quantiquesmacroscopiques, pouvant directement tester les théories grâce à un environnementcontrôlé. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons plusieurs études expérimentales de gaz froidsde lithium. Le lithium fournit la possibilité de réaliser des ensembles de bosons et defermions, avec des interactions contrôlables entre les constituants. Nous présentons lestechniques utilisées pour préparer et étudier des gaz dégénérés de lithium, et uneamélioration possible des méthodes existantes. Nous décrivons premièrement une étudede la recombinaison à trois bosons avec une interaction à deux corps résonante. Comparésquantitativement à la théorie, ces résultats fournissent une référence pour les étudesfutures du gaz de Bose unitaire. Pour finir, nous présentons la première observationexpérimentale d’un mélange de superfluides de Bose et de Fermi. Nous démontrons queles deux composants sont superfluides et que leur écoulement relatif vérifie les propriétésdes écoulement superfluides, avec une absence de viscosité en dessous d’une vitessecritique puis la présence de dissipation au-delà. En utilisant des excitations collectives dece mélange, nous mesurons l’interaction entre les deux superfluides, en accord avec unmodèle théorique. / Manifestations of Quantum Physics at the thermodynamical level are found in a broadrange of physical systems. A famous example is superfluidity, discovered at the beginningof the 20th century and found in many different situations, from liquid helium to neutronstars. Dilute ultracold gases offer a unique versatility to engineer quantum many-bodysystems, which can be directly compared with theory thanks to the controllability of theirenvironment. In this thesis we present several experimental investigations led on ultracoldlithium gases. Lithium provides the possibility to study ensembles of bosons andfermions, with controllable interactions between the constituents. We present experimentaltechniques for preparation and studies of degenerate gases of lithium, with prospects forimprovement of the existing methods. We first report on an investigation of three-bodyrecombination of bosons under a resonant two-body interaction. This study, quantitativelycompared with theory constitutes a benchmark for further studies of the unitary Bose gas.Finally, we present the first experimental realization of a mixture of a Bose superfluid witha Fermi superfluid. We demon- strate that both components are in the superfluid regime,and that the counter-flow motion between them possesses the characteristics of superfluidflow, with the absence of viscosity below a critical velocity, and an onset of friction above.Using collective oscillations of the mixture, we measure the coupling between the twosuperfluids in close agreement with a theoretical model.

Ce travail de thèse décrit la première observation directe de particules associées à la déplétion quantique et de premières mesures dans l’espace des impulsions d’un superfluide sur réseau. Ces observations ont été réalisées à partir d'un gaz dégénéré d'Hélium métastable sur un tout nouvel dispositif expérimental, dont la construction a été terminée au cours de cette thèse. Permise par l’Hélium métastable, notre détection électronique sensible à l’atome unique donne accès à la distribution tridimensionnelle dans l’espace des impulsions k.Nous avons d’abord développé une approche hybride pour la réalisation de condensats de Bose-Einstein, qui utilise un piège magnétique comme réservoir du piège dipolaire. Cette méthode permet la production rapide de condensats de Bose-Einstein toutes les 6 secondes sur notre expérience. Nous avons alors pu observer, pour la première fois, les particules excitées hors du condensat à cause des interactions (déplétion quantique). En particulier, nous avons observé la loi de puissance en 1/k4 dans la distribution pour de larges impulsions k, comme attendue dans la théorie de Bogoliubov. Enfin nous avons étudié les distributions de superfluide sur réseau. Il s’agit d’une première mesure de la distribution en impulsion dans un réseau comme le démontre les simulations numériques (Monte-Carlo quantique). Les effets de températures sur les distributions mesurées sont extrêmement visibles, ce qui ouvre la voie à une thermométrie des superfluides sur réseau. / In this thesis, we report the first observation of the particles associated with the quantum depletion and the first measurements of the momentum distribution of correlated superfluid lattice bosons. We performed the experiment with a degenerate metastable Helium gas with a novel experimental setup. Making possible with metastable Helium, our electronic detection allows single-atom detection in momentum space k.Firsly, we have demonstrated a new approach to Bose-Einstein condensation of metastable Helium using a hybrid trap, consisting of a magnetic quadrupole and a crossed optical dipole trap. It results in production of a condensate every 6 seconds. Then we observed the excited particles out of the condensate wavefunction due to presence of the interactions (quantum depletion). We observe atom distributions decaying at large momenta k with the 1/k4 power-law predicted by Bogoliubov theory. Furthermore we studied the three-dimensional far field distribution of correlated superfluid lattice bosons. The momentum distributions of the trapped atoms calculated with an ab-initio Monte-Carlo Worm algorithm for the experimental parameters are in excellent agreement with the measured distributions. The finite temperature effect is not negligible, paving the way for a precise thermometry.

Light can exert optical forces on matter. In the macroscopic world these forces are minuscule, but on the microscopic or atomic scale, these forces are large enough to trap and manipulate particles. They may even be used to cool atoms to a fraction of a degree above absolute zero. This thesis details a number of experiments concerned with the optical manipulation of atoms and micron-size particles using free space light beams and photonic crystal fibres. Two atom guiding experiments are described. In the first experiment, a spatial light modulator is used to generate higher blue-detuned azimuthal Laguerre-Gaussian LG) beams, which are annular beams with a hollow core. These LG beams are then used to guide laser cooled rubidium-85 atoms within the dark core over a distance of 30 mm. The second atom guiding experiment involves attempting to guide laser cooled and thermal rubidium atoms through a hollow-core photonic crystal fibre using red-detuned light. Hollow-core photonic crystal fibres are fibres that are able to guide light with low attenuation within a hollow core. For this experiment a hot wire detection system was designed, along with a number of complex vacuum systems. The first dual-beam fibre trap for micron-size particles constructed using endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibre (ESM-PCF) is described. The characteristics of dual-beam fibre traps are governed by the fibres used. As ESM-PCF has considerably different properties in comparison to conventional single- or multimode fibres, this dual beam ESM-PCF trap exhibits some novel characteristics. I show that the dual beam ESM-PCF trap can form trapping, repulsive and line potentials; an interference-free ‘white light’ trap; and a dual-wavelength optical conveyor belt.

Nós demonstramos, pela primeira vez, o resfriamento via laser de um feixe atômico duplo. Ao se carregar um forno a 650oC com uma liga de Li179Na obtêm-se uma destilação efusiva que produz um feixe com fluxos idênticos de Li e de Na. Este feixe formado por duas espécies é desacelerado pela técnica Zeeman utilizando-se dessintonias iguais a Li = -850 MHz e Na = +150 MHz das respectivas transições atômicas 2S1/2 F = 2 2P3/2 F = 3. Em um segundo experimento, mostramos uma nova armadilha magneto-óptica bicromática, em cela de vapor. Obtivemos um incremento de ~10 vezes no número de átomos resfriados utilizando uma armadilha de Na do tipo I circundada por uma armadilha do tipo II, que não se superpõe à primeira. Isto ocorre quando temos o laser de captura a 12 MHz para o vermelho da transição 32S1/2 F = 2 32P3/2 F = 2. Em um terceiro experimento, observamos a primeira armadilha magneto-óptica para alcalinos operando na transição 2S1/2 2P1/2 (linha D1). Para o caso escolhido de átomos de sódio, obtêm-se quatro armadilhas diferentes dentro desta linha D1, contendo de 105 a 107 átomos resfriados. Para duas delas, é necessário inverter-se o sinal das polarizações circulares usuais dos lasers de resfriamento, devido aos desvios Zeeman negativos dos níveis hiperfinos inferiores / We demonstrate, for the first time, a laser cooling of a double atomic beam. By loading an oven at 650oC with a Li179Na alloy we get an effusive distillation producing a beam with equal fluxes of Li and Na. This two-species beam was laser cooled by Zeeman technique with Li = -850 MHz and Na = +150 MHz detunings from the corresponding 2S1/2 F = 2 2P3/2 F = 3 atomic transitions. In a second experiment, we show a new two-color vapor-cell magneto-optical trap. By surrounding type-I Na trap with a non-overlaping type-II trap we achieve a ~10-fold improvement in the number of cooled atoms. This is achieved when the capture laser is detuned 12 MHz to the red of the 32S1/2 F = 2 32P3/2 F = 2 transition. In a third experiment, we observe the first alkaline magneto-optical trap operating on 2S1/2 2P1/2 transition (D1 line). For the choosen sodium atoms, we have four different traps within D1 line, with 105 to 107 cooled atoms. For two of them, one has to revert the usual sign of circular polarizations of the cooling lasers, due to negative Zeeman shift of the lower hyperfine levels

Nós demonstramos, pela primeira vez, o resfriamento via laser de um feixe atômico duplo. Ao se carregar um forno a 650oC com uma liga de Li179Na obtêm-se uma destilação efusiva que produz um feixe com fluxos idênticos de Li e de Na. Este feixe formado por duas espécies é desacelerado pela técnica Zeeman utilizando-se dessintonias iguais a Li = -850 MHz e Na = +150 MHz das respectivas transições atômicas 2S1/2 F = 2 2P3/2 F = 3. Em um segundo experimento, mostramos uma nova armadilha magneto-óptica bicromática, em cela de vapor. Obtivemos um incremento de ~10 vezes no número de átomos resfriados utilizando uma armadilha de Na do tipo I circundada por uma armadilha do tipo II, que não se superpõe à primeira. Isto ocorre quando temos o laser de captura a 12 MHz para o vermelho da transição 32S1/2 F = 2 32P3/2 F = 2. Em um terceiro experimento, observamos a primeira armadilha magneto-óptica para alcalinos operando na transição 2S1/2 2P1/2 (linha D1). Para o caso escolhido de átomos de sódio, obtêm-se quatro armadilhas diferentes dentro desta linha D1, contendo de 105 a 107 átomos resfriados. Para duas delas, é necessário inverter-se o sinal das polarizações circulares usuais dos lasers de resfriamento, devido aos desvios Zeeman negativos dos níveis hiperfinos inferiores / We demonstrate, for the first time, a laser cooling of a double atomic beam. By loading an oven at 650oC with a Li179Na alloy we get an effusive distillation producing a beam with equal fluxes of Li and Na. This two-species beam was laser cooled by Zeeman technique with Li = -850 MHz and Na = +150 MHz detunings from the corresponding 2S1/2 F = 2 2P3/2 F = 3 atomic transitions. In a second experiment, we show a new two-color vapor-cell magneto-optical trap. By surrounding type-I Na trap with a non-overlaping type-II trap we achieve a ~10-fold improvement in the number of cooled atoms. This is achieved when the capture laser is detuned 12 MHz to the red of the 32S1/2 F = 2 32P3/2 F = 2 transition. In a third experiment, we observe the first alkaline magneto-optical trap operating on 2S1/2 2P1/2 transition (D1 line). For the choosen sodium atoms, we have four different traps within D1 line, with 105 to 107 cooled atoms. For two of them, one has to revert the usual sign of circular polarizations of the cooling lasers, due to negative Zeeman shift of the lower hyperfine levels