Experiments to Control Atom Number and Phase-Space Density in ...
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MOT beams<br />
MOT<br />
Mirror M1<br />
APD 2<br />
CO 2 beam<br />
Lens L1<br />
Lens L3<br />
MOT<br />
image<br />
D-shaped<br />
mirror M2<br />
x<br />
y<br />
Lens L2<br />
z<br />
APD 1<br />
Figure 8.8: Experimental setup for locat<strong>in</strong>g the CO2 laser beam with<strong>in</strong> the trapped<br />
cloud of MOT a<strong>to</strong>ms. The three pairs of retro-reflected MOT beams excite fluorescence<br />
<strong>in</strong> the a<strong>to</strong>ms of the MOT. The CO2 beam is located <strong>in</strong> the general vic<strong>in</strong>ity of the trapped<br />
cloud of a<strong>to</strong>ms. The mirror M1 reflects the fluorescence light from the MOT. The lens<br />
L1 collects the fluorescence light <strong>and</strong> creates an image of the MOT. In the image plane a<br />
D-shaped mirror (M2) cuts the fluorescent signal <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> two halves. These are <strong>in</strong>dividually<br />
focused by two lenses (L2 <strong>and</strong> L3) on<strong>to</strong> two avalanche pho<strong>to</strong>diodes (APD1 <strong>and</strong> APD2).<br />
the optical access that is available <strong>to</strong> collect the fluorescence light. Ideally the collection<br />
angle is maximized <strong>to</strong> capture a large number of scattered pho<strong>to</strong>ns from the MOT a<strong>to</strong>ms.<br />
Particular care is taken <strong>to</strong> reduce any scattered light from the MOT beams as much as<br />
possible <strong>in</strong> order <strong>to</strong> optimize the signal <strong>to</strong> noise ratio. In the image plane of the lens L1<br />
the signal of the MOT is split 50:50 <strong>in</strong> the vertical dimension. The light is then collected<br />
with two f = 25 mm lenses (L2 <strong>and</strong> L3) <strong>and</strong> focused on<strong>to</strong> two avalanche pho<strong>to</strong>diodes<br />
(APDs). To do balanced detection the signals of the two APDs are substracted from<br />
each other.<br />
Figure 8.9 shows the measured noise spectra of (a) the electronic noise <strong>in</strong> combi-<br />
nation with the noise caused by scattered light without a<strong>to</strong>ms trapped <strong>in</strong> the MOT <strong>and</strong><br />
(b) the noise of the system with a<strong>to</strong>ms trapped <strong>in</strong> the MOT. These spectra clearly show<br />
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