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A Low-Power Reversible Alkali Atom Source

Published

Author(s)

Songbai Kang, Russell P. Mott, Kevin A. Gilmore, Logan D. Sorenson, Matthew T. Rahker, Elizabeth A. Donley, John E. Kitching, Christopher S. Roper

Abstract

An electrically-controllable, solid-state, reversible device for sourcing and sinking alkali vapor is presented. When placed inside an alkali vapor cell, both an increase and decrease of the rubidium vapor density by a factor of two are demonstrated through laser absorption spectroscopy on 10-15 s time scales. The device requires low voltage (5 V), low power (
Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

cold-atom system, solid ion conductor, reversible alkali source
Physics

Citation

Kang, S. , Mott, R. , Gilmore, K. , Sorenson, L. , Rahker, M. , Donley, E. , Kitching, J. and Roper, C. (2017), A Low-Power Reversible Alkali Atom Source, Applied Physics Letters (Accessed October 18, 2025)

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Created June 13, 2017, Updated July 3, 2017
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