Progress towards ultracold Sr for the AION project -- sub-microkelvin atoms and an optical-heterodyne diagnostic tool for injection-locked laser diodes

E. Pasatembou, C. F. A. Baynham, O. Buchmüller +4

Long-baseline atom interferometers, such as the one to be built by the AION collaboration, require ultra-cold atomic clouds. These are produced by trapping the atoms in Magneto-Opt…