Publication

We have demonstrated a bi-chromatic dual species magneto-optical trap enabling simultaneous cooling of Rb and Cs within the 7K region of our cryostat. Following this project milestone our aim now is to get the atoms loaded into arrays of species-selective optical traps ready to begin work on inter-species gate operations.

We have trapped our first cold Cs MOT inside the 7K region of the cryostat, running the MOT with superconducting coils. This is the first step towards generating large, reconfigurable arrays of individually trapped atoms, and will soon be followed by the first cold Rb atoms as the new cooling laser system is assembled.