Page History

Main Experiment Table

Our ultracold atoms of sodium and lithium are produced here. They begin as hot gases at >300 degrees Celsius in a dual-species oven. Both types of atoms travel down a Zeeman slower and are captured by overlapping magneto-optical traps (MOT) consisting of yellow and red lasers tuned to sodium and lithium transition frequencies respectively. After being cooled to micro-Kelvin temperatures in the MOT, our atoms are transferred into a magnetic trap and evaporatively cooled to nano-Kelvin temperatures.

Image Removed

Dual-Species Oven

Image Modified

Optical

Setup for Magneto-

Optical Trap (MOT)

Image Added

Science Chamber