A compact high-flux source of cold sodium atoms
| Autor: | Lamporesi, G., Donadello, S., Serafini, S., Ferrari, G. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 063102 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4808375 |
| Popis: | We present a compact source of cold sodium atoms suitable for the production of quantum degenerate gases and versatile for a multi-species experiment. The magnetic field produced by permanent magnets allows to simultaneously realize a Zeeman slower and a two-dimensional MOT within an order of magnitude smaller length than standard sodium sources. We achieve an atomic flux exceeding 4x10^9 atoms/s loaded in a MOT, with a most probable longitudinal velocity of 20 m/s, and a brightness larger than 2.5x10^(12) atoms/s/sr. This atomic source allowed us to produce a pure BEC with more than 10^7 atoms and a background pressure limited lifetime of 5 minutes. Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. A |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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