Abstract
We report on trapping and cooling 6 L i atoms in a monolithic ring bowtie cavity. To make the cavity insensitive to magnetic fields used to tune atomic interactions, we constructed it entirely from fused silica and Zerodur. The components were assembled using hydroxide bonding, which we show can be compatible with ultra-high vacuum. Backscattering in high-finesse ring cavities readily causes trap intensity fluctuations and heating, but with phase-controlled bi-directional pumping, the trap lifetime can be made long enough for quantum gas experiments in both the crossed-beam trap (unidirectional pump) and 2D lattice trap (bidirectional pump) configurations.
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