All-optical runaway evaporation to Bose-Einstein condensation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Clement J F ^a   Brantut, J P ^a   Robert De Saint Vincent, M ^a   Nyman, R A ^a   Aspect, A ^a   Bourdel, T ^a   Bouyer, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; B ATOMS; DIPOLE TRAPS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; MOLECULAR SPECIES; OFF-RESONANCE; OPTICAL TRAP;

ATOMS; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CONDENSATION; COOLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; VAPORS;

EVAPORATION;

EID: 67649224419     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.061406     Document Type: Article

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