A Magneto-Optical Trap of Titanium Atoms

ORAL

Abstract

We present the first magneto optical trap (MOT) of atomic titanium, a transition metal element with properties favorable for optical metrology and for realizing spin-orbit coupled phases of quantum matter. Using a Ti sublimation pump as our atomic source, we have successfully trapped and imaged the three bosonic isotopes of Ti at temperatures below 1 mK. We describe our ongoing work to implement a narrow line MOT of Ti, as well as our plans to load optical tweezers of Ti atoms.

*We gratefully acknowledge that this work was funding by grants from the Heising-Simons Foundation, the ONR, the ARO, the NSF's QSA, and the DOE's CIQC.

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Publication: In progress - a paper detailing our work realizing a MOT of Ti atoms.

Presenters

  • Scott Eustice

    • University of California, Berkeley

Authors

  • Scott Eustice

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Jack Schrott

    • UC Berkeley

  • Julian Wolf

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Dmytro Filin

    • University of Delaware

  • Marianna Safronova

    • U Delaware
    • University of Delaware

  • Dan M Stamper-Kurn

    • University of California, Berkeley