Low-Velocity intense source of atoms from a magneto-optical trap
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
© 2008 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. We have produced and characterized an intensc, slow, and highly collimatcd atomic bcani extracted from a standard vapor cell magneto-optical trap (MOT). Thc tcchniquc used is dramatically simpler than previous methods for producing very cold atomic beams. We have created a 0.6 nini diameter rubidium atomic beam with a continuous flux of 5 X 109/s and a pulsed flux 10 times greater. Its longitudinal velocity distribution is centered at 14 m/s with a FWHM of 2.7 m/s. Through an efficient recycling process, 70% of the atonis trapped in the MOT are loaded into the atomic beam. [SO03 1 -9007(96)01434-21].
Publication Title
Collected Papers of Carl Wieman
Recommended Citation
Lu, Z.,
Corwin, K.,
Renn, M.,
Anderson, M.,
Comell, E.,
&
Wieman, C.
(2008).
Low-Velocity intense source of atoms from a magneto-optical trap.
Collected Papers of Carl Wieman, 420-423.
http://doi.org/10.1142/9789812813787_0057
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/12429
