Miniaturized Atomic Fountain Optical Table

Scott Crane, Steven Peil, Chrisopher R. Ekstrom

Abstract:	Using commercially available components at a cost comparable to conventional free-space optics, we have built a miniaturized version of the optical setup for an atomic fountain that fits onto a 40 cm by 55 cm rack-mounted breadboard. With this system, light from an input fiber is split into ten fiber-coupled output beams: two frequency-tunable sets of three collection/launching beams, beams for repumping and detection, and two diagnostic beams. The output fibers deliver the laser light to integrated optical couplers that bolt directly to the atomic-fountain vacuum chamber [1]. Approximately 30% of the light from the input fiber is available for the experiment.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 37th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting August 29 - 31, 2005 Vancouver, Canada
Pages:	301 - 303
Cite this article:	Crane, Scott, Peil, Steven, Ekstrom, Chrisopher R., "Miniaturized Atomic Fountain Optical Table," Proceedings of the 37th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, August 2005, pp. 301-303.
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