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Publication submitted: A hexapole-compensated magneto-optical trap on a mesoscopic atom chip

Publication submitted: A hexapole-compensated magneto-optical trap on a mesoscopic atom chip

We describe a magneto-optical trap based on a mesoscopic wire structure which provides a loading rate of 8.4 1010 atoms/s and a maximum number of 8.7 109 captured atoms.

Wire structure to form a hexapole compensated
quadrupole field for the operation of a large volume magneto-optical
trap. The copper bars indicate the current carrying
wires. The sheet indicates the gold coated steel foil that forms
the vacuum chamber and allows the chip to be placed outside
the vacuum. A surface of equimagnetic field strength is shown
in blue, indicating the position of the magneto-optical trap. more