Experimental work on cold, trapped metastable noble gases is reviewed. The aspects which
distinguish work with these atoms from the large body of work on cold, trapped atoms in …

We describe an apparatus for quickly and simply producing R 87 b Bose-Einstein
condensates. It is based on a magnetic quadrupole trap and a red-detuned optical dipole …

We demonstrate the enhancement and optimization of a cold strontium atomic beam from a
two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (2D MOT) transversely loaded from a collimated …

Using a novel magnetic trapping geometry we have evaporatively cooled metastable helium
atoms to form a Bose–Einstein condensate containing approximately one million atoms. This …

In this, the hundredth year since Einstein first postulated the existence of photons, the
successful application of wave-particle duality to matter has seen an explosion of activity in …

We describe a simple slow atom source for loading a rubidium magneto-optical trap. The
source includes an effusive oven with a long heated collimation tube. Almost all components …

We report on the realization of Bose-Einstein condensation of metastable helium-4. After
exciting helium to its metastable state in a novel pulse-tube cryostat source, the atomic beam …

We describe the design, construction, and operation of a versatile dual-species Zeeman
slower for both Cs and Yb, which is easily adaptable for use with other alkali metals and …

We report the experimental realization of a 88 Sr magneto-optical trap (MOT) operating at
the wavelength of 461 nm. The MOT is loaded via a 32 cm long spin-flip type Zeeman slower …

The intercombination line of strontium at 689 nm is successfully used in laser cooling to
reach the photon recoil limit with Doppler cooling in a magneto-optical traps (MOT). In this …