Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
Experiments with Supersonic Beams as a Source of Cold Atoms
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Figure 4.9: A CAD overview <strong>of</strong> the slowing coils used in the pro<strong>of</strong>-<strong>of</strong>-principle experiment.<br />
The coils are 3 mm bore coils <strong>of</strong> 5 × 6 windings, surrounded by Permendur<br />
discs and enclosed in a magnetic steel shell.<br />
the full non-linearity <strong>of</strong> the magnetic materials to be accounted for. Finite element<br />
analysis calculations <strong>of</strong> the field along the axis <strong>of</strong> the coil, and the radial field in the<br />
center <strong>of</strong> the coil are shown in figure 4.10. The peak field in the center <strong>of</strong> the coil is<br />
3.6T.<br />
While great care w<strong>as</strong> taken when winding the coils, during testing in vacuum<br />
two <strong>of</strong> the coils failed when the coil wire came into electrical contact <strong>with</strong> the per-<br />
mendur shell. These coils were numbers 17 and 19, and they were not used for the<br />
slowing. The Kapton insulation <strong>of</strong> the magnet wire w<strong>as</strong> probably scratched during<br />
the winding process, and a test procedure w<strong>as</strong> developed to prevent future coils from<br />
exhibiting this same behavior <strong>as</strong> described in section 4.5.1.<br />
4.4.3 18 Stage Electronics and Coil Switching<br />
The coil wire is only .5 mm in diameter and carries 400 A, so the current must<br />
be pulsed or the wires would overheat and melt. A pulse length <strong>of</strong> 80μs is long enough<br />
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