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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Applicants:
Tzenka Miteva, Stuttgart, DE;
Gabriele Nelles, Stuttgart, DE;
Akio Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Stanislav Balouchev, Mainz, DE;
Inventors:
Tzenka Miteva, Stuttgart, DE;
Gabriele Nelles, Stuttgart, DE;
Akio Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Stanislav Balouchev, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
Sony Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 1/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H05H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Zeeman-slower device, a coil for such a Zeeman-slower device, and a method for cooling an atom beam. The Zeeman-slower includes a cooling section including an inner passage extending along a longitudinal axis, the inner passage having a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the area of the cross-section of the inner passage increases monotonously along the longitudinal axis at least in a part of the cooling section.