Event Title
Atomic Molecular Optics Laboratory
Faculty Mentor
Hauke Busch
Keywords
Hauke Busch
Abstract
An Atomic and Molecular Optical (AMO) Physics research lab is an excellent tool to train undergraduate students in advanced laboratory techniques. Students gain valuable basic experience in experimental designs, data acquisition techniques, working with high precision optical equipment, building electronics, and working in the machine shop. Current projects include machining a mount and constructing a current supply circuit for a slave laser. Completed projects entailed machining vacuum chamber mounts for the chamber, which is being used to trap the atoms in a Magneto Optical Trap (MOT). This included designing, building and baking out the vacuum chamber, building a Rb getter for the chamber, and building the lasers for a saturation-absorption system that is used to probe the 52S1/2→ 52P3/2 hyperfine energy transitions of the Rb-85 atom. These energy transitions will be used to frequency-lock a diode laser to trap Rb-85 atoms and then cool them to ultra-low temperatures. This atom cooling will permit observation and measurement of the fundamental properties of atoms.
Session Name:
Poster Presentation Session #2 - Poster #52
Start Date
4-4-2014 12:15 PM
End Date
4-4-2014 1:00 PM
Location
HSB 3rd Floor Student Commons
Atomic Molecular Optics Laboratory
HSB 3rd Floor Student Commons
An Atomic and Molecular Optical (AMO) Physics research lab is an excellent tool to train undergraduate students in advanced laboratory techniques. Students gain valuable basic experience in experimental designs, data acquisition techniques, working with high precision optical equipment, building electronics, and working in the machine shop. Current projects include machining a mount and constructing a current supply circuit for a slave laser. Completed projects entailed machining vacuum chamber mounts for the chamber, which is being used to trap the atoms in a Magneto Optical Trap (MOT). This included designing, building and baking out the vacuum chamber, building a Rb getter for the chamber, and building the lasers for a saturation-absorption system that is used to probe the 52S1/2→ 52P3/2 hyperfine energy transitions of the Rb-85 atom. These energy transitions will be used to frequency-lock a diode laser to trap Rb-85 atoms and then cool them to ultra-low temperatures. This atom cooling will permit observation and measurement of the fundamental properties of atoms.