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Bose-Einstein Condensation in Quasi-2D Trapped Gases

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: We discuss Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in quasi-2D trapped gases and find that well below the transition temperature T(c) the equilibrium state is a true condensate, whereas at intermediate temperatures T<T(c) one has a quasicondensate (condensate with fluctuating phase). The mean-field interaction in a quasi-2D gas is sensitive to the frequency omega(0) of the (tight) confinement in the "frozen" direction, and one can switch the sign of the interaction by changing omega(0). Variation of omega(0) can also reduce the rates of inelastic processes. This offers promising prospects for tunable BEC in trapped quasi-2D gases.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.84.2551

Authors: D. S. Petrov, M. Holzmann, G. V. Shlyapnikov

Institutions: Kurchatov Institute, Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, École Normale Supérieure - PSL

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

OpenAlex ID: W1813797119

FWCI: 20.27

Cites: 31

Cited by: 601

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