Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms

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to reduce the switching time as much as possible. The time varying potential adds significant complication, and numerical simulation is used to determine the energy lost by a hypothetical particle. Since the amount of kinetic energy lost by a particle depends on its position in the coil when the coil is switched off, the timing of the coil switching is criti- cally important. Varying the switching time of a coil changes the velocity and thus the arrival time of the particles at the next coil. The switching times of the coils are calculated numerically by simulating the trajectory of a single particle traveling through the experiment. This particle is henceforth referred to as the synchronous atom or molecule, and can generally be thought of as being in the phase space center of the slowed bunch of atoms. The average initial velocity of the pulsed beam can be found before the start of the experiment by observing the beam with no magnetic fields present and simply calculating the velocity from the time of flight to the de- tector. The synchronous particle is then assigned this velocity as its initial velocity. The short opening time of the Even-Lavie supersonic nozzle means that the atoms leave the nozzle at a precise time, and so the time-of-flight measurement of the initial velocity of the beam is very precise. From this, the arrival time of the beam at the entrance of the coilgun can be computed easily and precisely, and the entire coil timing sequence can be referenced to the valve pulse. 4.3.1 Phase Stability For an instantaneously switched coil, maximal slowing is achieved by switching the coil when the synchronous particle is at the peak field location. However, this is not the ideal position to switch a real coil for several reasons. The first reason is that a real coil will require some time to turn off, and thus the switching position that imparts maximal slowing is moved towards the front of the coil (the direction from 69
which the particles enter). The other reason to switch the coil when the synchronous particle is in front of the coil is to maximize the volume in phase space of the slowed bunch of particles. The volume of phase space which the coilgun is able to slow is an important consideration, since the number of slowed particles is a key factor in many future uses the coilgun. It is desirable to maximize the phase space acceptance of the coilgun, where the ideal acceptance maximizes its overlap with the phase space occupied by the incoming supersonic beam. While it may not be possible to match the phase space acceptance of the coilgun to the beam, any increase in the accepted phase space volume is beneficial. For the purposes of the following discussion, it is assumed that the coils are switched instantaneously. While this is not a valid assumption in general, the qualitative behavior of the slowed bunch in this scenario is easier to ascertain, and the same behavior is exhibited, though with greater complexity, in the case of real coils with finite switching times. As stated above, maximal slowing is achieved, by timing the coils to turn off when the synchronous particle is at the peak magnetic field. This timing scenario is illustrated in figure 4.6(a). In this scenario, the particles which are behind and ahead of the center of the slowed bunch are not slowed as much as the synchronous particle, since they do not experience as great a field when the coil is switched. Because particles which are ahead of the center of bunch are not slowed as much, they get out of phase with the coil pulse sequence and are eventually lost from the slowed bunch. Particles that are behind the center of the bunch are not slowed as much, so they catch up with the center of the bunch, but any particle that gets ahead of the synchronous atom is eventually lost, leading to a vanishingly small region of phase space which stays in phase with the full coil sequence. Instead of switching when the synchronous atom is at the peak of the field, 70
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Copyright by Adam Alexander Libson
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General Methods of Controlling Atom
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Acknowledgments First and foremost,
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to problems, and I frequently went
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General Methods of Controlling Atom
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments v
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Chapter 5. Towards Trapping and Coo
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List of Figures 2.1 Comparison of e
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5.12 Faraday Rotation Signal During
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producing a cold sample. Alternativ
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place inside a dilution refrigerato
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atoms or molecules are slowed using
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2.1 Thermodynamics of Ideal Gases F
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Since there will be no heat exchang
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Using equation 2.17 to modify equat
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Normalized Effusive Beam Flux Norma
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general method for producing cold a
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Ionizer 500 l/s Turbo Pump Ion Opti
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guided the design of the apparatus.
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Atom Number 60 50 40 30 20 10 0.6 0
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scattered photon to extract informa
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where k1 · pi = − k2 · pi, wh
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the electron g-factor which causes
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Figure 5.24: A schematic of the tel
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prevent the determination of the is
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experiment, where a being is capabl
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