The Laser Project at I411

It is planned to install a continous wave (cw) laser system for general use at beamline i411. A suggestion for the laser setup has been given in a workshop presentation in March 2002 in Uppsala.

In October 2002 Joachim gave a talk about Atomic Physics with the Laser Systems on a group meeting on the island of Nässlingen.

The laser system is a Vanadate pumped Ti:Sa continous wave (cw) system from Coherent Inc. The vanadate laser is a Verdi V10 system providing a cw power of 10 W at 532 nm. This laser pumps a 899-29 Ti:Sa system with liquid dye option. The Ti:Sa laser produces a output power of more then 1 W. It is tunable from 690 to 1000 nm using three different sets of optics.

The system has been set up and tested in Februray 2003. It has been used on different kinds of samples ranging from free atomic atoms to sold state surfaces during the beam periods. First results on free sodium atoms have been obtained in June 2004.

Experimental project using the laser setup:

• Laser Excited Atoms and Molecules

For questions and remarks regarding the laser project contact Joachim Schulz.