US 12,444,517 B2
Magneto-optical trap system
Dora Chavez, Canoga Park, CA (US); Eric A. Imhof, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Michael S. Larsen, Woodland Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US)
Filed by NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,775.
Prior Publication US 2024/0096513 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G21K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G21K 1/006 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magneto-optical trap (MOT) system comprising:
a first optical source configured to provide a plurality of first optical beams parallel to a central axis associated with the MOT system;
a first set of optics configured to focus the first optical beams to the central axis through a trapping region comprising a vapor of atoms;
a second optical source configured to provide a plurality of second optical beams parallel to the central axis associated with the MOT system; and
a second set of optics configured to focus the second optical beams to the central axis through the trapping region, each of the second optical beams being coaxial with a respective one of the first optical beams, such that each of the first optical beams is counterpropagating with a respective one of the second optical beams.