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3.4.2 Horizontal Imaging<br />

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

slave laser as discussed in Sec. 3.2.1.4 and shown in Fig. 3.14. This beam<br />

has about 5 mW <strong>of</strong> total power, a diameter <strong>of</strong> 19 mm, and is tuned to the<br />

Lower<br />

horizontal<br />

MOT beam<br />

PBSC<br />

PBSC<br />

Horizontal<br />

probe beam<br />

f = 120 mm<br />

Lower<br />

vacuum<br />

chamber<br />

f = 120 mm<br />

4x objective<br />

Figure 3.26: Horizontal probe beam path. <strong>The</strong> horizontal probe beam combines<br />

with a horizontal lower MOT beam and passes through the atomic sample.<br />

<strong>The</strong> probe beam is then directed towards the imaging optics and CCD<br />

camera.<br />

|F = 2〉 → |F ′ = 3〉 transition frequency. As shown in Fig. 3.26 this beam<br />

combines with a horizontal lower MOT beam with a PBSC before entering the<br />

lower vacuum chamber. After passing through the cloud, the horizontal probe<br />

beam is picked <strong>of</strong>f by a second PBSC and directed to the imaging optics. <strong>The</strong><br />

beam is relayed by a pair <strong>of</strong> 120 mm lenses and imaged on a CCD camera with<br />

129<br />

CCD

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