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Large atom number Bose-Einstein condensate machines

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We describe experimental setups for producing large Bose-Einstein condensates of Na23 and Rb87. In both, a high-flux thermal atomic beam is decelerated by a Zeeman slower and is then captured and cooled in a magneto-optical trap. The atoms are then transferred into a cloverleaf-style Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic trap and cooled to quantum degeneracy with radio-frequency-induced forced evaporation. Typical condensates contain 20×106 atoms. We discuss the similarities and differences between the techniques used for producing large Rb87 and Na23 condensates in the context of nearly identical setups.

Source: Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: 10.1063/1.2163977

Authors: Erik W. Streed, Ananth P. Chikkatur, Todd L. Gustavson, Micah Boyd, Yoshio Torii, Dominik Schneble, Gretchen K. Campbell, David E. Pritchard, Wolfgang Ketterle

Institutions: Harvard University, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, The University of Tokyo, Stony Brook School, Stony Brook University

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

OpenAlex ID: W2039413447

FWCI: 6.004

Cites: 58

Cited by: 109

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