{"paper":{"title":"A 3D-printed alkali metal dispenser","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.atom-ph"],"primary_cat":"physics.ins-det","authors_text":"Daniel S. Barker, Eric B. Norrgard, James A. Fedchak, Julia Scherschligt, Nikolai Klimov, Stephen P. Eckel","submitted_at":"2018-01-29T16:44:15Z","abstract_excerpt":"We demonstrate and characterize a source of Li atoms made from direct metal laser sintered titanium. The source's outgassing rate is measured to be $5 \\,(2)\\cdot 10^{-7}$\\,$\\rm{Pa}~ \\rm{L}~ \\rm{s}^{-1}$ at a temperature $T=330\\,^\\circ$C, which optimizes the number of atoms loaded into a magneto-optical trap. The source loads $\\approx 10^7$ $^7$Li atoms in the trap in $\\approx 1$\\,s. The loaded source weighs 700\\,mg and is suitable for a number of deployable sensors based on cold atoms."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1801.09612","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"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"}