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A new type of transverse Zeeman slower composed of an array of compactdiscrete neodymium magnets is described. A simple and precisemodel of such a slower based on magnetic dipoles is developed.The design of such a slower for Sr atoms is presented.The slower needs no high currents or water cooling and the spatial distribution of itsmagnetic field can be adjusted in situ. Such a slower would be ideal fortransportable optical atomic clocks and their future applicationsin space physics.
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Ovchinnikov, Y. A permanent Zeeman slower for Sr atomic clock. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 163, 95–100 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2008-00812-x
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