Bose-Einstein condensation in 7Li

C. A. Sackett; C. C. Bradley; M. Welling; R. G. Hulet

Bose-Einstein condensation in ⁷Li

C. A. Sackett, C. C. Bradley, M. Welling, R. G. Hulet

Physics

Rice University

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Quantitative measurements of condensate number in ⁷Li is made after initially obtaining qualitative evidence for Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in magnetically trapped ⁷Li. The density distribution is measured by imaging a laser beam directed through a cloud. The spatial absorption profile of the probe is used to measure the atom distribution. The images are analyzed by fitting an equilibrium Bose-Einstein distribution to the data. Results shows that condensate number is found to be relatively small in all cases and depending on the resolution assumed, the maximum condensate number is observed to be between 900 and 2000 atoms.

Original language	British English
Pages	24
Number of pages	1
State	Published - 1997
Event	Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, QELS - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: 18 May 1997 → 23 May 1997

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, QELS
City	Baltimore, MD, USA
Period	18/05/97 → 23/05/97

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