Two-element Zeeman slower for rubidium and lithium

Journal Article · Thu Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.043424· OSTI ID:21408660

Marti, G Edward; Olf, Ryan; Vogt, Enrico; Oettl, Anton ^[1]; Stamper-Kurn, Dan M ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

We demonstrate a two-element oven and Zeeman slower that produce simultaneous and overlapped slow beams of rubidium and lithium. The slower uses a three-stage design with a long, low-acceleration middle stage for decelerating rubidium situated between two short, high-acceleration stages for aggressive deceleration of lithium. This design is appropriate for producing high fluxes of atoms with a large mass ratio in a simple, robust setup.

• OSTI ID: 21408660
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.043424; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ACCELERATION
ATOMS
DESIGN
LITHIUM
RUBIDIUM
ZEEMAN EFFECT
ALKALI METALS
ELEMENTS
METALS