The RuBECi™ Ultracold Matter Cell

The RuBECi™ is the optics industry’s first commercial instrument designed to enable the production of Bose-Einstein Condensates (BEC’s) and related forms of ultracold matter. The RuBECi™ greatly streamlines the route to forming ultracold matter and dramatically reduces research and development cycle time. As many as nine months of set up time may be eliminated with the use of the RuBECi™. Occupying a volume of less than one liter, the RuBECi™ reflects a reduction in the size of typical BEC vacuum system by more than a factor of 100. The instrument utilizes an atom chip, which translates into simple interfacing, rapid BEC production with high duty cycle, and low power consumption.

The RuBECi™ provides the functionality normally achieved in a very large ultra-high vacuum (UHV) system having a plethora of vacuum pumps, electrical feedthroughs, large electromagnetic coils, and so on. It is a self-contained (and portable) unit that provides two UHV. The entire unit can be held in one hand. Like many of its bigger cousins, the RuBECi™ utilizes two chambers, a lower one to achieve high atom number, and an upper one to maintain an ultra-high vacuum. The unit is designed to be flexible so that the user can configure the system according to the goals of the researcher. Currently the user supplies the required external laser beams and magnetic field generating coils.

The RuBECi™ is shipped permanently under vacuum and ready to be placed into an appropriate apparatus.

Magneto-Optical Trap

ColdQuanta has developed a Magneto-Optical Trap designed for educational institutions and research groups working on cold atoms. The lab, whether educational or part of a research group will be able to dive into the creation of cold atoms without having to have the expertise in vacuum technology currently required to set up such experiments. The MOT device comprises of the ultra-high vacuum cell, the rubidium source, excellent optical access and an ion pump in a compact cost-efficient package. Customers will be able to produce cold trapped atoms at temperatures as low as several micro-Kelvin.

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