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- Researchers have developed a new experimental setup using a 2D-/3D-magneto-optical trap (MOT) to successfully create Bose-Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases from various ytterbium isotopes.
- The setup eliminates the need for a Zeeman slower, providing an adaptable way to produce ultracold samples of different atomic species simultaneously.
- This configuration also enhances future experiments in optical lattices due to its excellent optical access.
Article Abstract
We report on the first experimental setup based on a 2D-/3D-magneto-optical trap (MOT) scheme to create both Bose-Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases of several ytterbium isotopes. Our setup does not require a Zeeman slower and offers the flexibility to simultaneously produce ultracold samples of other atomic species. Furthermore, the extraordinary optical access favors future experiments in optical lattices. A 2D-MOT on the strong (1)S0 → (1)P1 transition captures ytterbium directly from a dispenser of atoms and loads a 3D-MOT on the narrow (1)S0 → (3)P1 intercombination transition. Subsequently, atoms are transferred to a crossed optical dipole trap and cooled evaporatively to quantum degeneracy.
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