Cooling Rubidium for Atom Interferometry
Abstract
This poster will describe the experimental idea of using cooled rubidium atoms in an atom interferometer. Rubidium vapor is cooled with a three-dimensional optical molasses in a vacuum cell. The cooled atoms will be launched upwards into the interferometer using a two-dimensional moving molasses. The collimated moving atoms will pass through three standing wave laser beams perpendicular to the atom beam and will be split and recombined according to Bragg diffraction. The poster will show the current experimental progress. Work supported by NSF and NIST
- Publication:
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APS Four Corners Section Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- September 2000
- Bibcode:
- 2000APS..4CF.EA009B