Loading of a large Yb MOT on the $^1$S$_0$-$^1$P$_1$ transition
Atomic Physics
2023-08-02 v1
Abstract
We present an experimental setup to laser cool and trap a large number of Ytterbium atoms. Our design uses an oven with an array of microtubes for efficient collimation of the atomic beam and we implement a magneto-optical trap of Yb on the S-P transition at 399nm. Despite the absence of a Zeeman slower, we are able to trap up to atoms. We precisely characterize our atomic beam, the loading rate of the magneto-optical trap and several loss mechanisms relevant for trapping a large number of atoms.
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@article{arxiv.2308.00387,
title = {Loading of a large Yb MOT on the $^1$S$_0$-$^1$P$_1$ transition},
author = {Hector Letellier and Álvaro Mitchell Galvão de Melo and Anaïs Dorne and Robin Kaiser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.00387},
year = {2023}
}
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12 pages, 15 figures