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A High Flux Source of Cold Rubidium

Christopher Slowe, Laurent Vernac, Lene Vestergaard Hau

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/0407040

Abstract

We report the production of a continuous, slow, and cold beam of 87-Rb atoms with an unprecedented flux of 3.2 x 1012 atoms/s and a temperature of a few milliKelvin. Hot atoms are emitted from a Rb candlestick atomic beam source and transversely cooled and collimated by a 20 cm long atomic collimator section, augmenting overall beam flux by a factor of 50. The atomic beam is then decelerated and longitudinally cooled by Zeeman slowing.

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