Chris Akers, Melissa Revelle, Ben A. Olsen, Randy G. Hulet.

Construction of Magnetic Coil Forms for Magnetically Trapping Ultracold Lithium

Atoms

Chris Akers, Melissa Revelle, Ben A. Olsen, Randy G. Hulet

Goal is to make spin-imbalanced Fermi gas of 6Li in one dimension.

Atoms have to be in the quantum degenerate regime, so their temperature must be very low.

The Experiment

-Used in the magnetic trap step, the coil forms are shaped to hold the wire into two circular and one cloverleaf coil.

-There is one set of three coil forms on either side of the MOT. The two sets work together to create a trap.

-Power dissipated ranges from 225W to 4.4kW in each coil.

Coil Forms

Steps Taken to Make Coil Forms

Steps Taken to Make Coil Forms Cont.

Final Product