S. Haendel
Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb
Haendel, S.; Wiles, T.P.; Marchant, A.L.; Hopkins, S.A.; Adams, C.S.; Cornish, S.L.
Authors
T.P. Wiles
A.L. Marchant
S.A. Hopkins
Professor Stuart Adams c.s.adams@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Professor Simon Cornish s.l.cornish@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
We report the magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of 85Rb and 87Rb by the controlled overlap of two initially spatially separated magnetic traps. We present a detailed analysis of the combined magnetic-field potential as the two traps are brought together that predicts a clear optimum trajectory for the merging. We verify this prediction experimentally using 85Rb and find that the final atom number in the merged trap is maximized with minimal heating by following the predicted optimum trajectory. Using the magnetic-merging approach allows us to create variable-ratio isotopic Rb mixtures with a single laser-cooling setup by simply storing one isotope in a magnetic trap before jumping the laser frequencies to the transitions necessary to laser cool the second isotope.
Citation
Haendel, S., Wiles, T., Marchant, A., Hopkins, S., Adams, C., & Cornish, S. (2011). Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb. Physical Review A, 83(5), Article 053633. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.053633
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2011 |
Deposit Date | Jan 23, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Physical Review A |
Print ISSN | 1050-2947 |
Electronic ISSN | 1094-1622 |
Publisher | American Physical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 83 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | 053633 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.053633 |
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