{"paper":{"title":"Direct loading of a large Yb MOT on the $^{1}S_{0} \\rightarrow \\, ^{3}P_{1}$ transition","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.atom-ph","authors_text":"A Guttridge, D Boddy, E A Hinds, M P A Jones, M R Tarbutt, R Freytag, S A Hopkins, S L Cornish, S L Kemp","submitted_at":"2015-12-21T17:37:02Z","abstract_excerpt":"We report a robust technique for laser frequency stabilisation that enables the reproducible loading of in excess of 10$^{9}$ Yb atoms from a Zeeman slower directly into a magneto-optical trap (MOT) operating on the $^{1}S_{0} \\rightarrow \\, ^{3}P_{1}$ transition, without the need for a first stage MOT on the $^{1}S_{0} \\rightarrow \\, ^{1}P_{1}$ transition. We use a simple atomic beam apparatus to generate narrow fluorescence signals on both the 399 nm $^{1}S_{0} \\rightarrow \\, ^{1}P_{1}$ transition used for the Zeeman slower and the 556 nm $^{1}S_{0} \\rightarrow \\, ^{3}P_{1}$ transition. We p"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1512.06723","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}