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An electrostatic glass actuator for ultrahigh vacuum: A rotating light trap for continuous beams of laser-cooled
F Füzesi1, A Jornod, P Thomann
1Observatoire cantonal de Neuchâtel (ON), rue de l'Observatoire 58, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Abstract:
This article describes the design, characterization, and performance of an electrostatic glass actuator adapted to an ultrahigh vacuum environment (10(-8) mbar). The three-phase rotary motor is used to drive a turbine that acts as a velocity-selective light trap for a slow continuous beam of laser-cooled atoms. This simple, compact, and nonmagnetic device should find applications in the realm of time and frequency metrology, as well as in other areas of atomic, molecular physics and elsewhere.
