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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

A gradient and offset compensated Ioffe–Pritchard trap for Bose–Einstein condensation experiments

Vasiliki Bolpasi, Jules Grucker, Michael Morrissey, Wolf von Klitzing

Published Nov 15, 2012• 2 citations
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Abstract

The Ioffe–Pritchard trap is the workhorse of modern cold atom physics. Here, we present a novel Ioffe–Pritchard trap coil configuration based purely on circular coils. By eliminating the traditional Ioffe bars one can increase the gradient and thus the radial trapping frequency by almost a factor 2. We also present a method to achieve minimal coupling between the gradient, curvature and offset fields of the trap, thus facilitating the dynamic control of the trapping frequencies and aspect ratio.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/45/23/235301

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