Published January 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

All-optical Bose-Einstein condensation using a compressible crossed dipole trap

  • 1. Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300 (United States)

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We describe an all-optical method of making a 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). Atoms are first cooled in an optical lattice and loaded into a crossed dipole trap with 1.06 μm light. Then the density is increased by dynamically reducing the trap size, while the atoms are evaporatively cooled by reducing the light intensity. Every 3.3 s, we obtain a nearly pure BEC with 3.5x105 atoms in their lowest internal energy state

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
71
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 011602-011602.4
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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