Simplified System for Creating a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Authors

H. J. Lewandowski
D. M. Harber
Dwight L. Whitaker, Pomona CollegeFollow
E. A. Cornell

Document Type

Article

Department

Physics (Pomona)

Publication Date

9-2003

Keywords

Bose-Einstein condensation, experimental apparatus, magnetic trap, degenerate gas

Abstract

We designed and constructed a simplified experimental system to create a Bose–Einstein condensate in ⁸⁷Rb. Our system has several novel features including a mechanical atom transfer mechanism and a hybrid Ioffe–Pritchard magnetic trap. The apparatus has been designed to consistently produce a stable condensate even when it is not well optimized.

Rights Information

© 2003 Plenum Publishing Corporation; © Springer, Part of Springer Science+Business Media

DOI

10.1023/A:1024800600621

Recommended Citation

Lewandowski, H.J., D.M. Harber, D.L. Whitaker and E.A. Cornell. "Simplified System for Creating a Bose-Einstein Condensate," in the Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 132, Nos. 5-6 (Sept. 2003), 309-367. DOI: 10.1023/A:1024800600621