The continuous wave laser used was a Moglabs Cat Eye diode laser, operating at 780 nm. The pulsed signal laser was an Eblana EP1560-0-DM-B05-FM, and the control laser was a ID Photonics CoBrite DX1. Both of these lasers were amplified by an erbium-doped fibre amplifier, before frequency doubling to 780 nm and 775 nm respectively. The rubidium cell used was enriched with the 87-isotope, and was purchased from Precision Glassblowing. It has anti-reflection coated, angled windows. The simulations were undertaken using Python code on the Imperial College London high performance computing system.