Title :
A combined trap for chromium and rubidium atoms
Author :
Griesmaier, A. ; Hensler, S. ; Werner, J. ; Schmidt, P.O. ; Görlitz, A. ; Pfan, T.
Author_Institution :
5. Physikalisches lnstitut, Stuttgart Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A new apparatus for simultaneous trapping of chromium and rubidium in spatially and temporally overlapping traps is set up. A beam of chromium atoms is generated by a high temperature effusion cell and decelerated by a Zeeman slower before being loaded into a magneto-optical trap (MOT), whereas the rubidium MOT is loaded from thermal atoms out of a resistively heated getter source. The bosonic isotope (52Cr) which is easier to cool is used to test the new approach.
Keywords :
Bose-Einstein condensation; Zeeman effect; atomic beams; chromium; particle traps; radiation pressure; rubidium; Cr; Rb; Zeeman slower; chromium atomic beam; combined trap; high temperature effusion cell; magneto-optical trap; resistively heated getter source; temporally overlapping traps; Atomic measurements; Chromium; Ionization;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2003. EQEC '03. European
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7733-8
DOI :
10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314154
