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3.1.3 Lower Chamber<br />

<strong>The</strong> lower chamber is where all <strong>of</strong> the experiments take place. It has<br />

been designed to provide an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment with ex-<br />

cellent optical access. Like the upper chamber, the lower chamber consists<br />

primarily <strong>of</strong> a glass cell, but because the optical interaction and probe beams<br />

must pass through the walls <strong>of</strong> this cell it is <strong>of</strong> much higher optical quality.<br />

<strong>The</strong> lower chamber is constructed from a rectangular glass cell attached<br />

to a glass disc, shown in Fig. 3.4. Both <strong>of</strong> these pieces are made from the<br />

Figure 3.4: <strong>The</strong> lower glass cell is constructed from a rectangular and a disc<br />

shaped piece.<br />

material Spectrosil, a “UV grade” synthetic fused silica with excellent optical<br />

properties. <strong>The</strong> rectangular cell has the outer dimensions 30 × 30 × 115 mm<br />

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