BEC2 First MOT
![Bottom image of the new MOT with the atom chip at the backgroung](images/BEC2_MOT1.jpg)
Bottom image of the new MOT with the atom chip at the background.
The "stars" on the atom chip are dirt particles.
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![A side image of the MOT](images/BEC2_MOT2.jpg)
A side image of the MOT.
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![An absorption image after some optimization](images/BEC2_MOT3.jpg)
An absorption image after some optimization,
notice the saturation (in the 1-dimentional cuts) due to the high optical density of the cloud.
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