Direct, nondestructive observation of a Bose condensate

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5271, 1996, Pages 84-87

  Andrews, M R ^a   Mewes, M O ^a   Van Druten, N J ^a   Durfee, D S ^a   Kurn, D M ^a   Ketterle, W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0030056496     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5271.84     Document Type: Article

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25. We are grateful to D. Pritchard for valuable comments on the manuscript and thankfully acknowledge C. Townsend for assistance in the final stages of the experiment. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research, NSF, Joint Services Electronics Program, and the Sloan Foundation. M.-O.M. and D.M.K. acknowledge financial support from Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, respectively, and N.J.v.D., from Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) and Netherlands America Commission for Education Exchange (Fulbright fellowship).