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sheets. Figure 4.10(c) shows the calculated potential along the ˆx direction<br />

with y = 0 and z = −50µm. Similarly, the two peaks reflect the potential due<br />

to the end caps. <strong>The</strong> slight curvature <strong>of</strong> the potential (away from the peaks)<br />

is due to the finite Rayleigh length <strong>of</strong> the lower horizontal sheet. This sheet<br />

is focused asymmetrically and therefore has a Rayleigh length associated with<br />

each transverse dimension. <strong>The</strong> Rayleigh length associated with the tight<br />

vertical focusing is ZR = 590µm. Finally, Fig. 4.10(d) shows the potential<br />

along the ˆy direction with x = 0 and z = −50µm. Here, the two peaks<br />

are due to the vertical sheets. <strong>The</strong> pronounced curvature <strong>of</strong> the potential<br />

(away from the peaks) is due to the 200µm horizontal beam waist <strong>of</strong> the lower<br />

horizontal sheet.<br />

<strong>The</strong> accumulation <strong>of</strong> atoms into the optical box, a conservative trap,<br />

requires an irreversible step. This need is met by optically pumping the atoms<br />

that transit the optical box to the F = 1 manifold with the depopulation<br />

beam. <strong>The</strong> beam is near resonant with the 5S1/2(F = 2) → 5P3/2(F ′ = 1)<br />

transition and focused to a 1/e 2 waist <strong>of</strong> 8µm × 200µm at the center <strong>of</strong> the<br />

box. Magnetically trapped atoms in the F = 2 manifold are excited by the<br />

depopulation beam and decay with 84% probability to the F = 1 manifold<br />

(mF = 1, 0), where they are no longer on resonance with the depopulation<br />

beam. Because the gradient <strong>of</strong> the Zeeman shift <strong>of</strong> these states is smaller<br />

than that <strong>of</strong> the initial state, the contribution from the magnetic field to<br />

the total potential is reduced, creating a trapped state in the optical box in<br />

manner identical to that discussed in the previous section. Figure 4.11 show<br />

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