Versatile cold atom source for multi-species experiments

Abstract

We present a dual-species oven and Zeeman slower setup capable of producing slow, high-flux atomic beams for loading magneto-optical traps. Our compact and versatile system is based on electronic switching between different magnetic field profiles and is applicable to a wide range of multi-species experiments. We give details of the vacuum setup, coils, and simple electronic circuitry. In addition, we demonstrate the performance of our system by optimized, sequential loading of magneto-optical traps of lithium-6 and cesium-133.

Citation

Paris-Mandoki, A., Jones, M. D., Nute, J., Wu, J., Warriar, S., & Hackermüller, L. (2014). Versatile cold atom source for multi-species experiments. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11), Article 113103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4900577

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 15, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Nov 6, 2014
• Publication Date: Nov 6, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 15, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 1, 2018
• Journal: Review of Scientific Instruments
• Print ISSN: 0034-6748
• Electronic ISSN: 1089-7623
• Publisher: AIP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 85
• Issue: 11
• Article Number: 113103
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4900577
• Public URL: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/rsi/85/11/10.1063/1.4900577
• Publisher URL: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/1.4900577