High flux source of cold rubidium atoms
We report the production of a continuous, slow, and cold beam of 87Rb atoms with an unprecedented flux of 3.2 x 10^12 atoms/s and a temperature of a few milliKelvin.
arXiv:0407040 (2004) / Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 103101 (2005)
Hot atoms are emitted from a Rb candlestick atomic beam source and transversely cooled and collimated by a 20 cm long atomic collimator section, augmenting overall beam flux by a factor of 50. The atomic beam is then decelerated and longitudinally cooled by Zeeman slowing.
