Bose-Einstein Condensation of Cesium

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Tập 299 Số 5604 - Trang 232-235 - 2003
T. Weber1, Jens Herbig1, Michael F. Mark1, Hanns‐Christoph Nägerl1, Rudolf Grimm1
1Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraβe 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Tóm tắt

Bose-Einstein condensation of cesium atoms is achieved by evaporative cooling using optical trapping techniques. The ability to tune the interactions between the ultracold atoms by an external magnetic field is crucial to obtain the condensate and offers intriguing features for potential applications. We explore various regimes of condensate self-interaction (attractive, repulsive, and null interaction strength) and demonstrate properties of imploding, exploding, and non-interacting quantum matter.

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We thank all members of the cold-atom group for support and a great team spirit. In particular we thank the Cs surface trapping team M. Hammes D. Rychtarik and B. Engeser for fruitful interactions and for sharing the 1064-nm laser; A. Noga for assistance; and J. Hecker Denschlag for useful discussions. We are indebted to R. Blatt and his ion trapping group for support during our start-up phase in Innsbruck. We acknowledge financial support by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) within project P15114 and within SFB 15 (project part 16).