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20152026
most citedSingle-beam Zeeman slower and magneto-optical trap using a nanofabricated grating

56 citations · 432 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

physics.atom-ph2026

Roadmap on Quantum Sensors for Vacuum Metrology

D. S. Barker, J. L. Booth, S. P. Eckel +7

We describe how laser-cooled and trapped alkali-metal atoms have been used as pressure sensors in the high- and ultra-high-vacuum regimes operating with relative uncertainties of j…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 19 cited

Grating magneto-optical traps with complicated level structures

D. S. Barker, P. K. Elgee, A. Sitaram +4

We study the forces and optical pumping within grating magneto-optical traps (MOTs) operating on transitions with non-trivial level structure. In contrast to the standard six-beam…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 9 cited

Simulations of a frequency-chirped magneto-optical trap of MgF

Kayla J. Rodriguez, Nickolas H. Pilgram, Daniel S. Barker +2

We simulate the capture process of MgF molecules into a frequency-chirped molecular MOT. Our calculations show that by chirping the frequency, the MOT capture velocity is increased…

quant-ph2023★ 8 cited

Collision-resolved pressure sensing

Daniel S. Barker, Daniel Carney, Thomas W. LeBrun +2

Heat and pressure are ultimately transmitted via quantized degrees of freedom, like gas particles and phonons. While a continuous Brownian description of these noise sources is ade…

physics.atom-ph2023★ 24 cited

Accurate measurement of the loss rate of cold atoms due to background gas collisions for the quantum-based cold atom vacuum standard

Daniel S. Barker, James A. Fedchak, Jacek Kłos +4

We present measurements of thermalized collisional rate coefficients for ultra-cold Li and Rb colliding with room-temperature He, Ne, N, Ar, Kr, and Xe. In our exper…

physics.atom-ph2022★ 20 cited

Comparison of two multiplexed portable cold-atom vacuum standards

Lucas H. Ehinger, Bishnu P. Acharya, Daniel S. Barker +4

We compare the vacuum measured by two portable cold-atom vacuum standards (pCAVS) based on ultracold Li atoms. The pCAVS are quantum-based standards that use a priori scatterin…