Optimized U-MOT for experiments with ultracold atoms near surfaces
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We present an integrated wire-based magnetooptical trap for the simplified trapping and cooling of large numbers of neutral atoms near material surfaces. With a modified U-shaped current-carrying Cu structure we collect Rb atoms in a mirror MOT without using quadrupole coils. These atoms are subsequently loaded to a Z-wire trap where they are evaporatively cooled to a Bose-Einstein condensate close to the surface.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0311475,
title = {Optimized U-MOT for experiments with ultracold atoms near surfaces},
author = {S. Wildermuth and P. Krüger and C. Becker and M. Brajdic and S. Haupt and A. Kasper and R. Folman and J. Schmiedmayer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0311475},
year = {2009}
}