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Direct loading of a large Yb MOT on the transition
A Guttridge, S A Hopkins, S L Kemp +6
We report a robust technique for laser frequency stabilisation that enables the reproducible loading of in excess of 10 Yb atoms from a Zeeman slower directly into a magneto-…
Measuring the disorder of vortex lattices in a Bose-Einstein condensate
A. Rakonjac, A. L. Marchant, T. P. Billam +4
We report observations of the formation and subsequent decay of a vortex lattice in a Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a hybrid optical-magnetic trap. Vortices are induced by r…
Production and characterization of a dual species magneto-optical trap of cesium and ytterbium
S. L. Kemp, K. L. Butler, R. Freytag +4
We describe an apparatus designed to trap and cool a Yb and Cs mixture. The apparatus consists of a dual species effusive oven source, dual species Zeeman slower, magneto-optical t…
Bose-Einstein condensation of 85Rb by direct evaporation in an optical dipole trap
A. L. Marchant, S. Händel, S. A. Hopkins +2
We report a simple method for the creation of Bose-Einstein condensates of Rb by direct evaporation in a crossed optical dipole trap. The independent control of the trap fre…
Magnetic transport apparatus for the production of ultracold atomic gases in the vicinity of a dielectric surface
S. Haendel, A. L. Marchant, T. P. Wiles +2
We present an apparatus designed for studies of atom-surface interactions using quantum degenerate gases of Rb and Rb in the vicinity of a room temperature dielectric…
Guided transport of ultracold gases of rubidium up to a room-temperature dielectric surface
A L Marchant, S Haendel, T P Wiles +2
We report on the guided transport of an atomic sample along an optical waveguide up to a room-temperature dielectric surface. The technique exploits a simple hybrid trap consisting…
Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap
D. L. Jenkin, D. J. McCarron, M. P. Köppinger +3
We report an apparatus and method capable of producing Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of ~1x10^6 87Rb atoms, and ultimately designed for sympathetic cooling of 133Cs and the crea…
Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of Rb and Rb
S Händel, T P Wiles, A L Marchant +3
We report on the magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of Rb and Rb by the controlled overlap of two initially spatially-separated magnetic traps. We present a d…