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Production and characterisation of a dual species magneto-optical trap of cesium and ytterbium

Kemp, S.L.; Butler, K.L.; Freytag, R.; Hopkins, S.A.; Hinds, E.A.; Tarbutt, M.R.; Cornish, S.L.

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Authors

S.L. Kemp

K.L. Butler

R. Freytag

S.A. Hopkins

E.A. Hinds

M.R. Tarbutt



Abstract

We describe an apparatus designed to trap and cool a Yb and Cs mixture. The apparatus consists of a dual species effusive oven source, dual species Zeeman slower, magneto-optical traps in a single ultra-high vacuum science chamber, and the associated laser systems. The dual species Zeeman slower is used to load sequentially the two species into their respective traps. Its design is flexible and may be adapted for other experiments with different mixtures of atomic species. The apparatus provides excellent optical access and can apply large magnetic bias fields to the trapped atoms. The apparatus regularly produces 108 Cs atoms at 13.3 μK in an optical molasses, and 109174Y b atoms cooled to 22 μK in a narrowband magneto-optical trap.

Citation

Kemp, S., Butler, K., Freytag, R., Hopkins, S., Hinds, E., Tarbutt, M., & Cornish, S. (2016). Production and characterisation of a dual species magneto-optical trap of cesium and ytterbium. Review of Scientific Instruments, 87(2), Article 023105. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4941719

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 25, 2016
Online Publication Date Feb 16, 2016
Publication Date Feb 16, 2016
Deposit Date May 22, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Review of Scientific Instruments
Print ISSN 0034-6748
Electronic ISSN 1089-7623
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 87
Issue 2
Article Number 023105
DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4941719

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© 2016 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Kemp, S.L., Butler, K.L., Freytag, R., Hopkins, S.A., Hinds, E.A., Tarbutt, M.R. and Cornish, S.L. (2016) 'Production and characterisation of a dual species magneto-optical trap of cesium and ytterbium.', Review of scientific instruments., 87 (2): 023105 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4941719





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