A Waveguide for Bose-Einstein Condensates
Abstract
We report on the creation of Bose-Einstein condensates of Rb in a specially designed hybrid, dipole and magnetic trap. This trap naturally allows the coherent transfer of matter waves into a pure dipole potential waveguide based on a doughnut beam. Specifically, we present studies of the coherence of the ensemble in the hybrid trap and during the evolution in the waveguide by means of an autocorrelation interferometer scheme. By monitoring the expansion of the ensemble in the waveguide we observe a mean field dominated acceleration on a much longer time scale than in the free 3D expansion. Both the autocorrelation interference and the pure expansion measurements are in excellent agreement with theoretical predictions of the ensemble dynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0007381,
title = {A Waveguide for Bose-Einstein Condensates},
author = {K. Bongs and S. Burger and S. Dettmer and D. Hellweg and J. Arlt and W. Ertmer and K. Sengstock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0007381},
year = {2011}
}