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3.3 Magnetic Trap<br />

Two coils are positioned on either side <strong>of</strong> the lower vacuum cham-<br />

ber to provide the magnetic field needed to operate the lower MOT and to<br />

magnetically trap 87 Rb atoms as shown in Fig. 3.22. As discussed earlier,<br />

atoms trapped in the upper MOT are pushed through the differential pump-<br />

ing tube and recaptured in the lower MOT. After recapture they are optically<br />

pumped into the |F = 2,mF = 2〉 state and trapped magnetically. Magneti-<br />

lower<br />

vacuum<br />

chamber<br />

Quadrupole coils<br />

Water cooling line<br />

Figure 3.22: Picture <strong>of</strong> the magnetic trap. Two coils are positioned on either<br />

side <strong>of</strong> the lower vacuum chamber. <strong>The</strong> wires visible in this image comprise<br />

the auxiliary coils and optical pumping coils, while the quadrupole coils are<br />

buried beneath. Also visible are the tubes used to pass chilled water over the<br />

coils to regulated their temperature.<br />

cally trapped atoms serve as the initial condition for the single-photon cooling<br />

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