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Applications of silicon carbide as window materials in atomic cells and atomic devices

2025/12/23 by Z. -P. Xie, Xie, Z. -P., C. -P. Hao +3
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Glass properties and applications #Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Quantum optics and atomic interactions

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2512.20690

openalex publication_date 2025/12/23 · openalex created_date 2025/12/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Atomic cells made by anodically bonding silicon and borosilicate glasses are widely used in atomic devices. One inherent problem in these cells is that the silicon material blocks beams with wavelengths shorter than 1000 nm, which limits available optical accesses when alkali metal atoms are involved. In this work, we investigate the possibility of the silicon carbide material as an alternative of silicon materials in fabricating anodically bonded cells. We demonstrate that the optical, thermal and mechanical properties of silicon carbide help to improve the performance of atomic devices in certain applications.

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