3D-printed components for quantum devices
Recent advances in the preparation, control and measurement of atomic gases have led to new insights into the quantum world and unprecedented metrological sensitivities, e.g. in measuring gravitational forces and magnetic fields. The full potential of applying such capabilities to areas as diverse a...
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| author | Saint, Reece Evans, William Zhou, Yijia Barrett, Thomas J. Fromhold, T.M. Saleh, Ehab Maskery, Ian Tuck, Christopher Wildman, Ricky D. Orucevic, Fedja Krüger, Peter |
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| description | Recent advances in the preparation, control and measurement of atomic gases have led to new insights into the quantum world and unprecedented metrological sensitivities, e.g. in measuring gravitational forces and magnetic fields. The full potential of applying such capabilities to areas as diverse as biomedical imaging, non-invasive underground mapping, and GPS-free navigation can only be realised with the scalable production of efficient, robust and portable devices. We introduce additive manufacturing as a production technique of quantum device components with unrivalled design freedom and rapid prototyping. This provides a step change in efficiency, compactness and facilitates systems integration. As a demonstrator we present an ultrahigh vacuum compatible ultracold atom source dissipating less than ten milliwatts of electrical power during field generation to produce large samples of cold rubidium gases. This disruptive technology opens the door to drastically improved integrated structures, which will further reduce size and assembly complexity in scalable series manufacture of bespoke portable quantum devices. |
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| spelling | nottingham-518452020-05-08T09:15:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51845/ 3D-printed components for quantum devices Saint, Reece Evans, William Zhou, Yijia Barrett, Thomas J. Fromhold, T.M. Saleh, Ehab Maskery, Ian Tuck, Christopher Wildman, Ricky D. Orucevic, Fedja Krüger, Peter Recent advances in the preparation, control and measurement of atomic gases have led to new insights into the quantum world and unprecedented metrological sensitivities, e.g. in measuring gravitational forces and magnetic fields. The full potential of applying such capabilities to areas as diverse as biomedical imaging, non-invasive underground mapping, and GPS-free navigation can only be realised with the scalable production of efficient, robust and portable devices. We introduce additive manufacturing as a production technique of quantum device components with unrivalled design freedom and rapid prototyping. This provides a step change in efficiency, compactness and facilitates systems integration. As a demonstrator we present an ultrahigh vacuum compatible ultracold atom source dissipating less than ten milliwatts of electrical power during field generation to produce large samples of cold rubidium gases. This disruptive technology opens the door to drastically improved integrated structures, which will further reduce size and assembly complexity in scalable series manufacture of bespoke portable quantum devices. Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51845/14/s41598-018-26455-9.pdf Saint, Reece, Evans, William, Zhou, Yijia, Barrett, Thomas J., Fromhold, T.M., Saleh, Ehab, Maskery, Ian, Tuck, Christopher, Wildman, Ricky D., Orucevic, Fedja and Krüger, Peter (2018) 3D-printed components for quantum devices. Scientific Reports, 8 . p. 8368. ISSN 2045-2322 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-26455-9 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26455-9 doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26455-9 |
| spellingShingle | Saint, Reece Evans, William Zhou, Yijia Barrett, Thomas J. Fromhold, T.M. Saleh, Ehab Maskery, Ian Tuck, Christopher Wildman, Ricky D. Orucevic, Fedja Krüger, Peter 3D-printed components for quantum devices |
| title | 3D-printed components for quantum devices |
| title_full | 3D-printed components for quantum devices |
| title_fullStr | 3D-printed components for quantum devices |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D-printed components for quantum devices |
| title_short | 3D-printed components for quantum devices |
| title_sort | 3d-printed components for quantum devices |
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