Apparatus for Optical Study of Atomic Hydrogen on the Surface of Liquid Helium

A. P. Mosk; P. W.H. Pinkse; M. W. Reynolds; T. W. Hijmans; J. T.M. Walraven

doi:10.1023/A:1022547708550

Apparatus for Optical Study of Atomic Hydrogen on the Surface of Liquid Helium

A. P. Mosk^*, P. W.H. Pinkse, M. W. Reynolds, T. W. Hijmans, J. T.M. Walraven

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Spin-polarized atomic hydrogen adsorbed on the surface of liquid helium is the most promising candidate for the observation of quantum degeneracy in a two-dimensional Bose gas. In this article we describe our experimental apparatus which is being used to realize this goal. The apparatus employs a system of superconducting and iron magnets to supply electron and proton spin-polarized hydrogen to a cold cell (T ≈ 0.1 K) at sufficient flux to compensate recombination losses and attain the regime of two-dimensional quantum degeneracy. The gas in the cell is probed using light resonant with the Lyman-α atomic transition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-204
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of low temperature physics
Volume	110
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022547708550
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1998
Externally published	Yes

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