A Merged Ultracold System for Cs-Li Quantum Gas Mixtures

Mixtures of ultracold gases have proven to be an effective platform to study few-body interactions such as the Efimov effect or molecular formation, and explore the properties of many-body phases such as supersolidity. Mixtures of species with large mass-imbalance are also proposed to be suitable for quantum simulation of interactions between electrons and impurities, such as the study of RKKY interactions and the Kondo effect. We have integrated atomic sources and cooling systems for Cs-133 and Li-6 gases. The Cs cooling is performed by a portable 2D-MOT cage system, mounted onto the vacuum chamber. We will present benchmarking for loading of Cs and Li magneto-optical traps and optical dipole traps. We will also present our latest progress on simultaneous cooling, trapping and transportation of the two species in an effort to measure the resisitivity of quantum degenerate gases.