A tube-MOT of cesium atoms for loading microstructures

Author

Vengalattore, M. ; Rooijakkers, W. ; Deng, T. ; Whitesides, G. ; Prentiss, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

112

Abstract

Summary form only given. The magneto-optical trap (MOT) has become the workhorse for many, if not most atom-optics experiments. The traditional MOT uses a pair of coils in anti-Helmholtz configuration to generate a quadrupole field with a typical gradient in the order of 10 Gauss/cm and a typical MOT diameter of 1 mm. In this paper we describe the formation of a surface MOT in a skewed magnetic field, produced by a magnetic laminate.We have imaged the fluorescence of the trapped cloud onto a CCD camera, and made cross sections of the trapped atom cloud.

Keywords

CCD image sensors; caesium; fluorescence; laser beam effects; magneto-optical effects; particle optics; quantum optics; radiation pressure; CCD camera; Cs; anti-Helmholtz configuration; atom-optics experiments; cesium atoms; cross sections; fluorescence; laser beams; magnetic field directions; magneto-optical trap; microstructure loading; nearly collinearly; quadrupole field; skewed magnetic field; trap atoms; trapped atom cloud; trapped cloud; tube-MOT; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic layer deposition; Atomic measurements; Clouds; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Microstructure; Optical surface waves; Physics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2001. QELS '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-663-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QELS.2001.961925

Filename

961925