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19) connected in parallel. This arrangement allows us to pass 57 A <strong>of</strong> current<br />

through the coils, although in practice we never exceeded 30 A. <strong>The</strong> current was<br />

regulated with 7 power op-amps (OPA549) placed in parallel and controlled<br />

by a homebuilt PID circuit. <strong>The</strong> details <strong>of</strong> this current regulator are found in<br />

[84].<br />

Each coil has a resistance <strong>of</strong> 0.29 Ω. With a maximum current <strong>of</strong> 30A<br />

running through each, 261 W <strong>of</strong> power is dissipated in the form <strong>of</strong> heat. To re-<br />

move this heat water continually flowed across the coils and into a commercial<br />

water chiller (Neslab MerlinM100) with a total cooling capacity <strong>of</strong> 3500W.<br />

3.4 Imaging Systems<br />

In Sec. 2.8 I discussed the physics <strong>of</strong> absorption and fluorescence imag-<br />

ing and how we use the raw data collected to calculate values <strong>of</strong> interest, such<br />

as total atom number. This section deals with the origin <strong>of</strong> the beams used in<br />

the imaging process, their beam paths, and the optics and CCD cameras used<br />

to record images.<br />

3.4.1 Vertical Imaging<br />

<strong>The</strong> vertical probe beam is derived from the upper MOT horizontal<br />

slave laser as discussed in Sec. 3.2.1.3 and shown in Fig. 3.13. This beam has<br />

about 3.5 mW <strong>of</strong> total power and is tuned to the |F = 2〉 → |F ′ = 3〉 transition<br />

frequency. As shown in Fig. 3.25, this beam passes through a λ/2 waveplate<br />

allowing it to be combined with the push beam using a PBSC. Before entering<br />

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