Published March 7, 2003 | Version v1
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Sodium Bose-Einstein condensates in the F=2 state in a large-volume optical trap

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms, and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Description

We have investigated the properties of Bose-Einstein condensates of sodium atoms in the upper hyperfine ground state. Condensates in the high-field seeking |F=2,mF=-2> state were created in a large volume optical trap from initially prepared |F=1,mF=-1> condensates using a microwave transition at 1.77 GHz. We found condensates in the stretched state |F=2,mF=-2> to be stable for several seconds at densities in the range of 1014 atoms/cm3. In addition, we studied the clock transition |F=1,mF=0>→|F=2,mF=0> in a sodium Bose-Einstein condensate and determined a density-dependent frequency shift of (2.44±0.25±0.5)x10-12 Hz cm3

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.090401;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0208385v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
90
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 090401-090401.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35046569
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; COOLING; GHZ RANGE 01-100; GROUND STATES; HYPERFINE STRUCTURE; SODIUM; TRAPS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METALS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; FREQUENCY RANGE; GHZ RANGE; METALS

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