Publications

Determining the Correlation Between Fluorescence and Atom Number in Rb Magneto-Optical Traps

Kais Jooya Determining the Correlation Between Fluorescence and Atom Number in Rb Magneto-Optical Traps Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2013

Construction and Characterization of a Rubidium Magneto-Optical Trap for the Production of Rubidium Hydride via. Photoassociation

Thomas Robert Prescott Construction and Characterization of a Rubidium Magneto-Optical Trap for the Production of Rubidium Hydride via. Photoassociation Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2013

Stable frequency comb for cold molecules formation and spectroscopy

Julien Witz Stable frequency comb for cold molecules formation and spectroscopy Ecole Polytechnique Research Internship Report, Report – August 2012

The NAM-less Method: A Straightforward Technique to Extract the Saturation Intensity of a Magneto-Optical Trap. Verifying the Scattering Rate Equation for Two Level Atoms in Magneto-Optical Traps

Nam Musterer The NAM-less Method: A Straightforward Technique to Extract the Saturation Intensity of a Magneto-Optical Trap. Verifying the Scattering Rate Equation for Two Level Atoms in Magneto-Optical Traps Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2012 (last updated May 2012)

Single Color Photoassociation Spectroscopy of 6Li2 and 85Rb2

Magnus Haw Single Color Photoassociation Spectroscopy of 6Li2 and 85Rb2 Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2012 (last updated August 2012)

Laser Intensity Stabilization System

Kyle Boone, Alec Douglas, Alysson Vrielink Laser Intensity Stabilization System APSC 459 project, Report – April 2012 and Schematic (Altium) and PCB (Gerber) files

Stable Laser Sources for the Formation of Ultra-cold Molecules

William Bowden, Damien Quentin, and Jon-Paul Sun Stable Laser Sources for the Formation of Ultra-cold Molecules APSC 479 project, Report – April 2012

Construction of a 500 MHz Direct Digital Synthesizer

Brendan Mulholland and Daniel Da Costa Construction of a 500 MHz Direct Digital Synthesizer APSC 479 project, Report Part 1, Part 2 – January 2012

Design, Construction, and Characterization of an Interference- Filter Stabilized External-Cavity Diode Laser

William Bowden, Damien Quentin, and Jon-Paul Sun Design, Construction, and Characterization of an Interference- Filter Stabilized External-Cavity Diode Laser APSC 459 project, Report – April 2011

Measurement of loss cross section of rubidium magneto-optic traps : Integration of CMOS camera imaging

Calvin Childs Measurement of loss cross section of rubidium magneto-optic traps : Integration of CMOS camera imaging Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2011

The Effect of Trap Settings on the Formation of Rubidium Dimers in a Magnetic Optical Trap

Paul Joseph Godin The Effect of Trap Settings on the Formation of Rubidium Dimers in a Magnetic Optical Trap Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2011

A Study of Excited State Atoms in Cold Atom Traps and a test of the Reif Model to Determine Trap Depth

Nathan Evetts A Study of Excited State Atoms in Cold Atom Traps and a test of the Reif Model to Determine Trap Depth Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2011

Construction and Characterization of a Prototype External Cavity Diode Laser

Joshua Wienands Construction and Characterization of a Prototype External Cavity Diode Laser PHYS 349 project, Report – February 2011

Computation and analytic approximation of scattering observables for background collisions : both ground and excited state collisions

Dallas Clement Computation and analytic approximation of scattering observables for background collisions : both ground and excited state collisions PHYS 349 project, Report – February 2011

Study of collisions between cold rubidium atoms and a hot background gas

Gabriel Dufour Study of collisions between cold rubidium atoms and a hot background gas Stage M1, Thesis – August 2010

Design of a Magneto-Optical Trapping System

Ian Moult, Weiqi Wang, and Haotian Pang Design of a Magneto-Optical Trapping System APSC 459 project, Report – April 2010

Investigation into Heating and Hyperfine Loss Mechanisms in Magnetically Trapped Ultra-Cold Rubidium

Chenchong Zhu Investigation into Heating and Hyperfine Loss Mechanisms in Magnetically Trapped Ultra-Cold Rubidium Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2010 (last updated April 2010)

Characterization of the Atom Chip

Jonathan Johannes Characterization of the Atom Chip Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2010

Microwave Antenna Design for Spin Manipulation of Laser Cooled Rubidium Atoms

Dan Crawford and Taylor Dean Microwave Antenna Design for Spin Manipulation of Laser Cooled Rubidium Atoms APSC 479 project, Report – February 2010

Design of the Ion Optical Components in a Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer

Davis Holmes Design of the Ion Optical Components in a Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer Queen’s University BSc Thesis, Thesis – September 2009

Microwave system for 85Rb and 87Rb hyperfine transitions and Feshbach resonances

Theo Rybarczyk Microwave system for 85Rb and 87Rb hyperfine transitions and Feshbach resonances Stage M1, Thesis – August 2009, (Version courte – française)

The Loading and Storage of Li and Rb in an Optical Dipole Trap

Will Gunton The Loading and Storage of Li and Rb in an Optical Dipole Trap Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2009 (last updated May 2009)

Measuring the Molecular Structure of Ultracold Lithium-Rubidium Dimers by Feshbach Resonances

Alan Robinson Measuring the Molecular Structure of Ultracold Lithium-Rubidium Dimers by Feshbach Resonances Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2009 (last updated May 2009)

Water cooled quadrupole magnetic trap coils (55 G/cm/A >1000 G/cm at 20A, ~300 turns per coil and L=10 mH combined inductance)

Pavle Djuricanin Water cooled quadrupole magnetic trap coils (55 G/cm/A >1000 G/cm at 20A, ~300 turns per coil and L=10 mH combined inductance) Volunteer project, Technical report – May 2009 (last updated May 2009)

Study of Collision Cross Section of Ultra-Cold Rubidium using a Magneto-Optic and pure Magnetic trap

David Fagnan Study of Collision Cross Section of Ultra-Cold Rubidium using a Magneto-Optic and pure Magnetic trap Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2009 (last updated April 2009)

Characterization of Femtosecond Laser Machined Micro-wires

Anthony Siu and Bill Zhang Characterization of Femtosecond Laser Machined Micro-wires APSC 479 project, Report – January 2009 (Last updated Feb. 2009)

Ultra Low Noise, High Gain Photodetector for Atomic Fluorescence Detection

Troy Barrie and Greg Ultra Low Noise, High Gain Photodetector for Atomic Fluorescence Detection APSC 479 project,  Report – January 2009 (Last updated Feb. 2009)

Experimental Advances toward a Compact Dual-Species Laser Cooling Apparatus

Keith Ladouceur Experimental Advances toward a Compact Dual-Species Laser Cooling Apparatus Master of Science, Thesis – April 2008

Building a Dual-Species Optical Dipole Trap for Ultracold Li-6 and Rb–85,87

Ray Meng Gao Building a Dual-Species Optical Dipole Trap for Ultracold Li-6 and Rb–85,87 Honours Thesis, Thesis – April 2008 (last updated Sept 2008)

Ultrafast Mechanical Shutters for Laser Cooling

Davey Mitchell and Paul Lebel Ultrafast Mechanical Shutters for Laser Cooling APSC 479 project, Report – January 2008. Eagle layout files here.

Simultaneous cooling and trapping of 6Li and 85/87Rb

Janelle Van Dongen Simultaneous cooling and trapping of 6Li and 85/87Rb Master of Science, Thesis – December 2007

Amplification of Broad Area Laser Diodes and Measurement of their Front Facet Reflectivities

Aviv Keshet, Peter Eugster, and Paul Bloudoff Amplification of Broad Area Laser Diodes and Measurement of their Front Facet Reflectivities APSC 479 project, Report – September 2007

Amplification and front facet reflectivity of broad area lasers

Aviv Keshet, Peter Eugster, Paul Bloudoff, Bruce G. Klappauf, and Kirk W. Madison Amplification and front facet reflectivity of broad area lasers Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 19, pp. 12344-12355 (2007)

Towards ultracold LiRb molecules

Nina Rauhut Towards ultracold LiRb molecules Diplomarbeit, Thesis – July 2007

Ultra-cold Li and Rb atoms in a Magneto-Optical Trap

Bastian Schuster Ultra-cold Li and Rb atoms in a Magneto-Optical Trap Diplomarbeit, Thesis – July 2007

Frequency locking system for grating stabilized diode lasers

Eric Bakke, Peter Chen, and Pavle Djuricanin Frequency locking system for grating stabilized diode lasers APSC 459 project, Report – April 2007

Progress towards ultra-cold ensembles of rubidium and lithium

Swati Singh Progress towards ultra-cold ensembles of rubidium and lithium Master of Science, Thesis – April 2007

Experimental Aspects of Ultra Cold Gases

Paul Lebel Experimental Aspects of Ultra Cold Gases APSC 310 project, Report – January 2007