A permanent-magnet Zeeman slower and magneto-optical trap for calcium atoms for ultracold Rydberg physics

Eduardo Marin-Bujedo, Julien A. L. Grondin, Thomas Schiltz +3

We report the construction and characterization of an experimental setup for producing a cold gas of ${}^{40}$Ca atoms and excite them to high Rydberg states with a resonant three-ph…