A new setup for experiments with ultracold dysprosium atoms

E. Lucioni; G. Masella; A. Fregosi; C. Gabbanini; S. Gozzini; A. Fioretti; L. Del Bino; J. Catani; G. Modugno; M. Inguscio

doi:10.1140/epjst/e2016-60387-6

2021 Impact factor 2.891

Special Topics

Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence

Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 226, 2775-2780 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60387-6

Regular Article

A new setup for experiments with ultracold dysprosium atoms

E. Lucioni¹^,2, G. Masella¹, A. Fregosi³, C. Gabbanini¹, S. Gozzini¹, A. Fioretti¹^a, L. Del Bino², J. Catani²^,4, G. Modugno²^,4 and M. Inguscio²

¹ Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR., S.S. “A. Gozzini ” di Pisa, via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
² LENS and Dip. di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Firenze, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo, 56127 Pisa, Italy
⁴ Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR, S.S. Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

^a e-mail: andrea.fioretti@ino.it

Received: 17 December 2016
Revised: 7 January 2017
Published online: 26 July 2017

Abstract

In the domain of quantum degenerate atomic gases, much interest has been raised recently by the use of lanthanide atoms with large magnetic moments, in particular dysprosium and erbium. These species have been successfully brought to quantum degeneracy and are now excellent candidates for quantum simulations of physical phenomena due to long-range interactions. In this short article, we report on the progresses in the construction of a new experiment on Bose-Einstein condensation of dysprosium atoms. After completing the vacuum and the laser setups, a magneto-optical trap on the narrow 626 nm¹⁶²Dy transition has been realized and characterized. The prospects for future experiments are briefly discussed.

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