Laser Transport System Vacuum Simulations and LED Atom Tracker
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
MAGIS-100 is an experiment using atom interferometry on strontium atoms in a 100m vacuum chamber. The laser travels through a laser transport system (LTS) before going down the chamber. Two projects were completed over the course of the internship. One project was conducting vacuum simulations on the LTS to ensure it meets the experimental pressure requirement of 10-11 torr. This was done by characterizing the pressure profile with variations in pump size, pump spacing, and orifice size. The initial design of the LTS included one 30 L/s ion pump in the high vacuum (HV) region, a lens mount with holes of diameter 0.788”, and three 150 L/s ion pumps in the ultra-high vacuum (UHV) region. After adjusting these variables, it was concluded that the lens mount holes could be reduced to 0.200” in diameter and one 150 L/s ion pump in the UHV could be removed and still meet the experimental requirements. The other project was to design an LED atom tracker that shows the position of the strontium atoms in the 100m shaft. This will help with public outreach by allowing visitors to have a visual of the experiment. An Arduino Uno and Arduino Due were programmed using classical physics formulas to direct the RGB LED strips to flash in sync with the falling atoms. The requirements for powering and connecting the hardware were calculated and recommendations for scaling the system to 100m were made.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1661680
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-FN-1107-AD; oai:inspirehep.net:1817457; TRN: US2202249
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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