Cold Rubidium atomic beam produced in a 2D+MOT

 

                                     

 

78 mm
The laser beams used for the transverse cooling have horizontal waist size of 67 mm and  vertical waist size of 10.2 mm. Laser power per beam is 20 mW. The visible part of the atomic beam is 78 mm long.

 

 

Magneto-Optical trap with 1010 atoms loaded from the cold atomic beam produced by 2D+ MOT.

 

False-colored density profile image of the beam loaded Magneto-optically trapped atoms.