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Pictures of the Experiment

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ccd camera photo of fluorescing ultra-cold atoms

The small glowing dot at the center of the chamber is the fluorescence from about 10 million Cesium atoms which have been cooled down to a temperature of about 3 microKelvin (3 millionths of a degree above absolute zero). The quarter at the bottom of the chamber is there to show the scale of the atoms and the setup.

 

 

view of lasers and optics

view of grating stabilized diode lasers

Looking from vacuum chamber toward lasers

Laser setup in second lab

 

 

all glass vacuum chamber

glass vacuum chamber surrounded by optics and magnetic coils

View of glass vacuum chamber to be used in second lab

Glass chamber in use (note quarter for scale)

 

computer rack and vacuum chamber setup

view of experiment showing computer controls

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