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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 48: Poster – Quantum Optics, Technologies, and Optomechanics
Q 48.50: Poster
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 17:00–19:00, Tent
Separation of Rubidium Isotopes for Atomic Vapor Cell Production — •Timon Damböck1, Robert Löw2, and Ilja Gerhardt1 — 1light and matter group, Institute for Solid State Physics, Leibniz University of Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, 30167 Hannover — 25th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart
In the past years, the fundamental research on atomic vapor quantum (sensing) systems made huge progress. With rising request of industrial applications for those systems, the demand for a production of high purity atomic vapor cells has increased. Although the used alkali metals (e.g. rubidium) are cheap and easily available, most of those quantum systems require purified isotopes for better control and higher sensitivity. The purification methods for isotopes are mostly inefficient and expensive, which limits the availability of enriched alkali isotopes on the market. This affects the cost and the advance from the transfer of scientific knowledge to industrial applications. To overcome this limitations, we propose an apparatus for the in–atomic–vapor–cells enrichment of rubidium isotopes using lasers, which can be used for the production of purified vapor cells from the natural abundance of the isotopes on. Combined with an outstanding collection efficiency, this could serve as a sustainer for the development of industrial applications using atomic vapor cells.
Keywords: Isotope Separation; Rubidium; Vapor Cells; Atomic Vapors; Sensing