Focusing a beam of ultracold spin-polarized hydrogen atoms with a helium-film-coated quasiparabolic mirror

Journal Article · Mon Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2405· OSTI ID:5949589

Luppov, V G ^[1]; Kaufman, W A; Hill, K M; Raymond, R S; Krisch, A D ^[2]

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1. Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120 (United States) Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russian Federation)
2. Randall Laboratory of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1120 (United States)

We formed the first atomic-optics'' beam of electron-spin-polarized hydrogen atoms using a quasiparabolic polished copper mirror coated with a hydrogen-atom-reflecting film of superfluid [sup 4]He. The mirror was located in the gradient of an 8-T solenoidal magnetic field and mounted on an ultracold cell at 350 mK. After the focusing by the mirror surface, the beam was again focused with a sextupole magnet. The mirror, which was especially designed for operation in the magnetic field gradient of our solenoid, increased the focused beam intensity by a factor of about 7.5.

• OSTI ID: 5949589
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 71:15; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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