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A radio frequency emitter design for the low-frequency regime in atomic experiments

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Radio frequency (RF) control is a key technique in cold atom experiments. We present a compact and efficient RF circuit based on a capacitive transformer network, where a low-frequency coil operating up to 30 MHz serves as both an intrinsic inductor and a power-sharing element. The design enables high current delivery and flexible impedance matching across a wide frequency range. We integrate both broadband and narrowband RF networks into a unified configuration that overcomes the geometric constraints imposed by the metallic chamber. In evaporative cooling, the broadband network allows a reduction in the applied RF input power from 14.7 dBW to -3.5 dBW, owing to its non-zero coil current even at ultra-low frequencies. This feature enables the Bose-Fermi mixture to be cooled below 10 μK. In a Landau-Zener protocol, the coil driven by the narrowband network transfers 80% of rubidium atoms from |F = 2, mF = 2⟩ to |2, -2⟩ in 1 millisecond, achieving a Rabi frequency of ∼9 kHz at an input power of 0.1 dBW.

Source: Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: 10.1063/5.0265742