Ultra-low birefringence dodecagonal vacuum glass cell
Instrumentation and Detectors
2016-01-05 v1 Atomic Physics
Optics
Abstract
We eport on an ultra-low birefringence dodecagonal glass cell for ultra-high vacuum applications. The epoxy-bonded trapezoidal windows of the cell are made of SF57 glass, which exhibits a very low stress-induced birefringence. We characterize the birefringence of each window with the cell under vacuum conditions, obtaining values around . After baking the cell at , we reach a pressure below \SI{e-10}{\milli \bar}. In addition, each window is antireflection coated on both sides, which is highly desirable for quantum optics experiments and precision measurements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1512.02396,
title = {Ultra-low birefringence dodecagonal vacuum glass cell},
author = {Stefan Brakhane and Wolfgang Alt and Dieter Meschede and Geol Moon and Carsten Robens and Andrea Alberti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.02396},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Will be published in Review od Scientific Instruments