Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA)
Atom chip for the NASA Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) mission
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- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- JILA
Description
Atom chip designed by the Anderson group with NASA JPL and ColdQuanta for the NASA Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL), built to enable ultracold atom experiments in the microgravity of the International Space Station, with very high trap frequencies (~2 kHz in y,z and ~100 Hz in x) about 1 mm from the chip.
Official page
https://www.colorado.edu/jila/putting-cold-atoms-space
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Details
- Keywords
- ultracold atoms, microgravity experiments, bose-einstein condensates, atom interferometry, international space station
- Location
- place named in page text: Boulder
- Instrument platform
- International Space Station (NASA Cold Atom Laboratory)
- Associated entity
- JILA | University of Colorado Boulder
- Deployment platform
- ISS
- Specifications
- Very high trap frequencies, ~2kHz in y,z and ~100Hz in x directions | 3:1 aspect ratio at a distance of ~1mm from chip (can be released and imaged after free expansion with low res imaging camera)