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Note: A Bitter-type electromagnet for complex atomic trapping and manipulation

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Author(s)

Jacob L. Siegel, Daniel Barker, James A. Fedchak, Julia Scherschligt, Stephen Eckel

Abstract

We create a pair of symmetric Bitter-type electromagnet assemblies capable of producing multiple field configurations including uniform magnetic fields, spherical quadruple traps, or Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic bottles. Unlike other designs, our coil allows both radial and azimuthal cooling water flows by incorporating an innovative three-dimensional printed water distribution manifold. Combined with a double coil geometry, such orthogonal flows permit stacking of non-concentric Bitter coils. We achieve a low thermal resistance of 4.2(1) K/kW and high water flow rate of 10:0(3) L/min at a pressure of 190(10) kPa.
Citation
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
92
Pub Type
Journals

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0026812
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Keywords

atom trapping, laser cooling, electromagnet
Pressure and vacuum metrology and Atomic / molecular / quantum

Citation

Siegel, J. , Barker, D. , Fedchak, J. , Scherschligt, J. and Eckel, S. (2021), Note: A Bitter-type electromagnet for complex atomic trapping and manipulation, Review of Scientific Instruments, [online], https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0026812, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=930763 (Accessed April 19, 2024)

Created February 12, 2021, Updated October 12, 2021