Method, apparatus and system for eliminating deposit of atoms on Zeeman cooling window

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus and a system for eliminating the deposit of atoms on a Zeeman cooling window in a strontium atom optical clock. A strontium atom optical clock system is provided with, in a linear order along the direction of the atomic beam, an atomic pile which emits the atomic beam, a magneto-optical trap which confines the atoms and the Zeeman cooling window. In at least one area of the zones from an emission port of the atomic pile to the Zeeman cooling window, excluding the magneto-optical trap, the resonance light of to-be-removed atoms is used to irradiate the motion path of the atoms along a direction at an angle with the motion path of the strontium atom beam so that the atoms cannot reach the Zeeman cooling window. The present invention creates transverse velocity of the atoms through irradiation to prevent the atoms from reaching the Zeeman cooling window, effectively eliminating the deposit of the atoms on the glass of the Zeeman cooling window in an atomic optical clock system and maintaining the high transparency of the window glass.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of atomic optical clocks, in particular to a method, device and system for removing atoms deposited in a Zeeman cooling window in a strontium atomic optical clock. Background technique [0002] At present, the international time and frequency standard is provided by the cesium (Cs) atomic fountain clock, and the optical clock made of strontium (Sr) atoms has higher accuracy and stability, so the atomic optical clock is currently the world's research hotspot. [0003] The structure of the atomic optical clock system is as follows figure 1 shown. The strontium element is placed in the atomic furnace 101, and there is a collimating device 102 in the atomic furnace. When the atomic furnace is heated, the atoms are ejected from the atomic furnace in the form of a beam, and after passing through the Zeeman reducer 103, they are formed by the magnetic field and six beams of light. The trapping is carried out in ...

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[0007] In view of this, the object of the present invention is to propose a method, device and system for removing atoms deposited in a Zeeman cooling window in a strontium atomic optical clock, better Solving the problem of window glass contamination caused by deposition of atoms on Zeeman-cooled windows in atomic optical clocks

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