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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 13, Issue 6, 061405 (2015)

Integrated design of a compact magneto-optical trap for space applications

Qiuzhi Qu, Bin Wang^*, Desheng Lü, Jianbo Zhao..., Meifeng Ye, Wei Ren, Jingfeng Xiang and Liang Liu^**|Show fewer author(s)

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Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.061405 Cite this Article Set citation alerts

Qiuzhi Qu, Bin Wang, Desheng Lü, Jianbo Zhao, Meifeng Ye, Wei Ren, Jingfeng Xiang, Liang Liu, "Integrated design of a compact magneto-optical trap for space applications," Chin. Opt. Lett. 13, 061405 (2015) Copy Citation Text

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A conventional MOT (left) compared with a compact folded optical path style trap (right).

Fig. 1. A conventional MOT (left) compared with a compact folded optical path style trap (right).

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Set of the CMOT mechanism. The up and down flanges are separately connected with ion pumps and an atomic clock chamber k.

Fig. 2. Set of the CMOT mechanism. The up and down flanges are separately connected with ion pumps and an atomic clock chamber k.

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Fig. 3. The optical configuration showing one laser path of the CMOT. Another one is counter-propagating along this path completely.

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Fig. 4. The detected atom number variance in a long-term operation.

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$D_{G} (mm)$	Material	$α_{G} (° C^{- 1})$	$α_{M} (° C^{- 1})$	$t_{e} (mm)$	$δ_{1} (mm)$
10	BK7	$7.1 \times 10^{- 6}$	$23.6 \times 10^{- 6}$	1.05	$4.7 \times 10^{- 5}$
20	BK7	$7.1 \times 10^{- 6}$	$23.6 \times 10^{- 6}$	2.10	$7.6 \times 10^{- 5}$
30	B270	$9.4 \times 10^{- 6}$	$23.6 \times 10^{- 6}$	2.72	$1.6 \times 10^{- 4}$
35	JGS-2	$5.5 \times 10^{- 7}$	$23.6 \times 10^{- 6}$	4.41	$2.5 \times 10^{- 4}$

Table 1. Thicknesses of the Elastomers and Decentration of the Lenses

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Qiuzhi Qu, Bin Wang, Desheng Lü, Jianbo Zhao, Meifeng Ye, Wei Ren, Jingfeng Xiang, Liang Liu, "Integrated design of a compact magneto-optical trap for space applications," Chin. Opt. Lett. 13, 061405 (2015)

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