A versatile platform of dipolar Er BECs in an arbitrary potential

Magnetic atoms such as dysprosium and erbium have attracted significant attention due to the long range and anisotropic dipole-dipole interaction arising from the large magnetic moment. In this poster, we report the latest upgrade of our versatile apparatus towards a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) in an arbitrary programmable potential. Efficient production of dipolar BECs of $^{168}$Er and $^{166}$Er benefits from two-stage slowing followed by optical evaporative cooling. A dipolar BEC will then be adiabatically loaded into arbitrary potentials created by a spatial light modulator (SLM) with a high-resolution imaging system. We highlight how the dipolar system interplays with the special trap geometries.