中国物理B ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 53701-053701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/5/053701

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Development of adjustable permanent magnet Zeeman slowers for optical lattice clocks

Xiao-Hang Zhang(张晓航), Xin-Ye Xu(徐信业)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy and Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 收稿日期:2016-12-31 修回日期:2017-02-19 出版日期:2017-05-05 发布日期:2017-05-05
  • 通讯作者: Xin-Ye Xu E-mail:xyxu@phy.ecnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2012CB821302 and 2016YFA0302103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11134003), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2014AA123401), and the Shanghai Excellent Academic Leaders Program of China (Grant No. 12XD1402400).

Development of adjustable permanent magnet Zeeman slowers for optical lattice clocks

Xiao-Hang Zhang(张晓航), Xin-Ye Xu(徐信业)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy and Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2016-12-31 Revised:2017-02-19 Online:2017-05-05 Published:2017-05-05
  • Contact: Xin-Ye Xu E-mail:xyxu@phy.ecnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2012CB821302 and 2016YFA0302103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11134003), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2014AA123401), and the Shanghai Excellent Academic Leaders Program of China (Grant No. 12XD1402400).

摘要:

We develop a permanent-magnet Zeeman slower with adjustable magnets along the longitudinal and radial directions. Produced by four arrays of cylindrical magnets, the longitudinal magnetic field in the slower is tunable if relevant parameters vary, for example, laser detuning or intensity. The proposed Zeeman slower can be reconfigured for Sr atoms. Additionally, we demonstrate that the residual magnetic field produced by the permanent magnets in the magneto-optical trap region can be as small as 0.5 Gs.

关键词: permanent magnet, Zeeman slower, laser cooling, optical clock

Abstract:

We develop a permanent-magnet Zeeman slower with adjustable magnets along the longitudinal and radial directions. Produced by four arrays of cylindrical magnets, the longitudinal magnetic field in the slower is tunable if relevant parameters vary, for example, laser detuning or intensity. The proposed Zeeman slower can be reconfigured for Sr atoms. Additionally, we demonstrate that the residual magnetic field produced by the permanent magnets in the magneto-optical trap region can be as small as 0.5 Gs.

Key words: permanent magnet, Zeeman slower, laser cooling, optical clock

中图分类号:  (Atom cooling methods)

  • 37.10.De
32.60.+i (Zeeman and Stark effects) 07.55.-w (Magnetic instruments and components)