Loading of a cold atomic beam into a magnetic guide
Condensed Matter
2015-06-24 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally the continuous and pulsed loading of a slow and cold atomic beam into a magnetic guide. The slow beam is produced using a vapor loaded laser trap, which ensures two-dimensional magneto-optical trapping, as well as cooling by a moving molasses along the third direction. It provides a continuous flux larger than atoms/s with an adjustable mean velocity ranging from 0.3 to 3 m/s, and with longitudinal and transverse temperatures smaller than K. Up to atoms/s are injected into the magnetic guide and subsequently guided over a distance of 40 cm.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0203618,
title = {Loading of a cold atomic beam into a magnetic guide},
author = {P. Cren and C. F. Roos and A. Aclan and J. Dalibard and D. Guéry-Odelin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0203618},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication to EPJD