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Apparatus for Cooling and Trapping Potassium Atoms

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Abstract

We describe our experimental apparatus for cooling and trapping potassium at Creighton University. There are three unique aspects of our experiment: a hybrid quadrupole/octupole 3D magneto-optical trap, a high-Q radio-frequency resonator to induce a Feshbach resonance, and a modified White and Scholten compact diffraction wavemeter for laser characterization.

Presenters

  • David Loos

Authors

  • David Loos

  • Mason Hayes

    Creighton University

  • Jared Echternach

    Creighton University

  • Jonathan P Wrubel

    Creighton University