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1. A two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (MOT) device, comprising:an atom source;a bakeable ultra-high vacuum cell;a two dimensional quadrupole magnetic field;3+n pairs of counter-propagating trapping laser beams, wherein n is an integer larger than or equal to zero, the trapping laser beams comprising one pair of counter-propagating beams perpendicular to a magnetic field longitudinal symmetry axis, and the remaining 2+n pairs of counter-propagating beams, with no trapping laser beams on the magnetic field longitudinal symmetry axis; andat least one repumping laser beam. 2. The two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 1, wherein n=0, with one pair of counter-propagating beams perpendicular to the magnetic field longitudinal symmetry axis, and the remaining 2 pairs of counter-propagating beams having a target alignment of a 45 degree angle to the magnetic field longitudinal symmetry axis and perpendicular to the first pair of counter-propagating beams. 3. The two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 1, wherein said bakeable ultra-high vacuum cell comprises a glass cell chamber, a glass-to-metal transition tube, and a metal flange. 4. The two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 3, wherein said glass cell chamber has one of an octagonal shape or a rectangular shape. 5. The two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 1, wherein said two-dimensional quadrupole magnetic field has a zero field line along the magnetic field longitudinal symmetry axis and the magnetic field remains on continuously during an experiment while maintaining a ground state coherence time of up to 5 μs 6. The two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 1, wherein said two-dimensional quadrupole magnetic field has a zero field line along the magnetic field longitudinal symmetry axis and turning off the magnetic field results in obtaining a ground state coherence time of more than 5 μs. 7. The two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 1, wherein the two-dimensional quadrupole magnetic field is established with a three-dimensional single-wire magnetic coil, the coil comprising a single hollow-core wire or conductor without any interconnection, provided with a liquid cooling passage, wherein the single hollow-core wire or conductor has no interconnection and provides a continuous and smooth path for electricity and provides a liquid cooling passage. 8. A dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (MOT) device, comprising:an atom source;a bakeable ultra-high vacuum cell;a two dimensional quadrupole magnetic field;3+n pairs of counter-propagating trapping laser beams, wherein n is an integer larger than or equal to zero, the trapping laser beams comprising one pair of counter-propagating beams perpendicular to the symmetry axis, and the remaining 2+n pairs of counter-propagating beams aligned in a plane perpendicular to the first pair of counter-propagating beams; andtwo orthogonal repumping laser beams with a dark line crossover at center along the longitudinal axis. 9. The dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 8, wherein for the optimal trapping beam has a configuration with n=0, one pair of counter-propagating beams are perpendicular to the symmetry axis, and the remaining 2 pairs of counter propagating beams have a target alignment of a 45 degree angle to the longitudinal symmetry axis and perpendicular to the first pair of counter-propagating beams. 10. The dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 8, wherein said bakeable ultra-high vacuum cell comprises a glass cell chamber, a glass-to-metal transition tube, and a metal flange. 11. The dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 10, wherein said glass cell chamber has one of an octagonal shape or a rectangular shape. 12. The dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 8, wherein said two-dimensional quadrupole magnetic field has a zero field line along the symmetry axis and the magnetic field remains on continuously during an experiment while maintaining a ground state coherence time of up to 5 μs. 13. The dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap device of claim 8, wherein said two-dimensional quadrupole magnetic field has a zero field line along the symmetry axis and turning off the magnetic field results in obtaining a ground state coherence time of more than 5 μs. 14. A method to produce a repumping laser dark line on the center of a dark-line two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (MOT), comprising:using a lens imaging system to image an opaque line to the longitudinal axis of the two dimensional magneto optical trap in each repumping beam. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the overlap of the two line images creates a dark line volume in the longitudinal axis exhibiting an absence of repumping light.