%0 Journal Article %1 Vangelyn2009 %A Vangeleyn, Matthieu %A Griffin, Paul F. %A Riis, Erling %A Arnold, Aidan S. %D 2009 %K construction, magneto, mot, optical, pyramidal, tetrahedral, trap %T Single-laser, one beam, tetrahedral magneto-optical trap %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2897 %X We have realised a 4-beam pyramidal magneto-optical trap ideally suited for future microfabrication. Three mirrors split and steer a single incoming beam into a tripod of reflected beams, allowing trapping in the four-beam overlap volume. We discuss the influence of mirror angle on cooling and trapping, finding optimum efficiency in a tetrahedral configuration. We demonstrate the technique using an ex-vacuo mirror system to illustrate the previously inaccessible supra-plane pyramid MOT configuration. Unlike standard pyramidal MOTs both the pyramid apex and its mirror angle are non-critical and our MOT offers improved molasses free from atomic shadows in the laser beams. The MOT scheme naturally extends to a 2-beam refractive version with high optical access. For quantum gas experiments, the mirror system could also be used for a stable 3D tetrahedral optical lattice.

@article{Vangelyn2009, abstract = {We have realised a 4-beam pyramidal magneto-optical trap ideally suited for future microfabrication. Three mirrors split and steer a single incoming beam into a tripod of reflected beams, allowing trapping in the four-beam overlap volume. We discuss the influence of mirror angle on cooling and trapping, finding optimum efficiency in a tetrahedral configuration. We demonstrate the technique using an ex-vacuo mirror system to illustrate the previously inaccessible supra-plane pyramid MOT configuration. Unlike standard pyramidal MOTs both the pyramid apex and its mirror angle are non-critical and our MOT offers improved molasses free from atomic shadows in the laser beams. The MOT scheme naturally extends to a 2-beam refractive version with high optical access. For quantum gas experiments, the mirror system could also be used for a stable 3D tetrahedral optical lattice.}, added-at = {2009-05-19T18:00:18.000+0200}, author = {Vangeleyn, Matthieu and Griffin, Paul F. and Riis, Erling and Arnold, Aidan S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ecae4a818b1af1137cd120229928ff0f/earthfare}, citeulike-article-id = {4544607}, description = {CiteULike: Everyone's library}, eprint = {0905.2897}, interhash = {91008828899c278b600307833754382c}, intrahash = {ecae4a818b1af1137cd120229928ff0f}, keywords = {construction, magneto, mot, optical, pyramidal, tetrahedral, trap}, month = May, posted-at = {2009-05-19 10:01:05}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2009-05-19T18:03:27.000+0200}, title = {Single-laser, one beam, tetrahedral magneto-optical trap}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2897}, year = 2009 }