Abstract
We demonstrate the production of high-density cold samples () in a simple optical lattice formed with YAG light that is diffracted from a holographic phase plate. A loading protocol is described that results in 10,000 atoms per unit cell of the lattice site. Rapid free evaporation leads to a temperature of and phase space densities of within 50 ms. The resulting small, high-density atomic clouds are very attractive for a number of experiments, including ultracold Rydberg atom physics.
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