A robust, high-flux source of laser-cooled ytterbium atoms

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  • Etienne Wodey
  • Robert Jan Rengelink
  • Christian Meiners
  • Ernst Maria Rasel
  • Dennis Schlippert
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer035301
FachzeitschriftJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Jahrgang54
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 9 Feb. 2021

Abstract

We present a high-flux source of cold ytterbium atoms that is robust, lightweight and low-maintenance. Our apparatus delivers 1 × 109 atoms s1 into a 3D magneto-optical trap without requiring water cooling or high current power supplies. We achieve this by employing a Zeeman slower and a 2D magneto-optical trap fully based on permanent magnets in Halbach configurations. This strategy minimizes mechanical complexity, stray magnetic fields, and heat production while requiring little to no maintenance, making it applicable to both embedded systems that seek to minimize electrical power consumption, and large scale experiments to reduce the complexity of their subsystems.

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A robust, high-flux source of laser-cooled ytterbium atoms. / Wodey, Etienne; Rengelink, Robert Jan; Meiners, Christian et al.
in: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Jahrgang 54, Nr. 3, 035301, 09.02.2021.

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Wodey, E., Rengelink, R. J., Meiners, C., Rasel, E. M., & Schlippert, D. (2021). A robust, high-flux source of laser-cooled ytterbium atoms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 54(3), Artikel 035301. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/abd2d1
Wodey E, Rengelink RJ, Meiners C, Rasel EM, Schlippert D. A robust, high-flux source of laser-cooled ytterbium atoms. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. 2021 Feb 9;54(3):035301. doi: 10.1088/1361-6455/abd2d1
Wodey, Etienne ; Rengelink, Robert Jan ; Meiners, Christian et al. / A robust, high-flux source of laser-cooled ytterbium atoms. in: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. 2021 ; Jahrgang 54, Nr. 3.
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