摘要
We report the ultra-high efficiency transport of cold ST Ftb atoms using a moving magnetic quadrupole potential generated by three overlapping pairs of fixed coils. The transfer etticiency is better than 97%, which is the highest ever reported to our knowledge. The temperature increase due to heating is less than IO #K when the initial cloud temperature is llO#K. Our setup is similar to the magnetic transferring belt design [Phys. ftev. A 63 (2001)031401(R)], although it is simpler because the push coil is not required. We use it to transport atoms away from a magneto-optical trap to very close to the wall of the glass cell, facilitating future experiments employing three-dimensional optical lattices, high resolution in-situ imaging, and magnetic Feshbach resonances.
We report the ultra-high efficiency transport of cold ST Ftb atoms using a moving magnetic quadrupole potential generated by three overlapping pairs of fixed coils. The transfer etticiency is better than 97%, which is the highest ever reported to our knowledge. The temperature increase due to heating is less than IO #K when the initial cloud temperature is llO#K. Our setup is similar to the magnetic transferring belt design [Phys. ftev. A 63 (2001)031401(R)], although it is simpler because the push coil is not required. We use it to transport atoms away from a magneto-optical trap to very close to the wall of the glass cell, facilitating future experiments employing three-dimensional optical lattices, high resolution in-situ imaging, and magnetic Feshbach resonances.
基金
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant Nos 2013CB921206, 2013CB922002, and 2013CD922004, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 10704086, 91121005, and 11374176, the President Fund of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Tsinghua Xuetang Program.