Rapid axial loading of a grating MOT with a cold-atom beam
Rachel Cannon, Aidan S. Arnold, Paul F. Griffin, Erling Riis, Oliver S. Burrow · 2026
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Rachel Cannon and co-authors demonstrate fast loading of a grating atom trap from a cold-atom beam in a 2026 physics study. Grating traps cool atoms with one beam and a patterned chip, suiting portable quantum sensors, yet vapor loading limits atom flow. Simulations compared side entry with entry along the beam axis. Bench tests then fed atoms from a two-dimensional trap into the grating trap using moving light fields.
Simulations showed uneven diffracted beams push side-entering atoms away from the trap center, tightly limiting side loading. Axial entry drops atoms straight into the trapping space and largely avoids that push. Bench loading reached billions of atoms per second. The authors present axial loading as a sturdy route to high-flow portable cold-atom devices.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rachel Cannon, Aidan S. Arnold, Paul F. Griffin, Erling Riis, Oliver S. Burrow |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63168 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |