Bose-Einstein condensates have been produced in an optical box trap. This novel optical trap type has strong confinement in two directions comparable to that which is possible in an optical lattice, yet produces individual condensates rather than the thousands typical of a lattice. The box trap is integrated with single atom detection capability, paving the way for studies of quantum atom statistics.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0503590,
title = {Bose Einstein Condensate in a Box},
author = {T. P. Meyrath and F. Schreck and J. L. Hanssen and C. -S. Chuu and M. G. Raizen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0503590},
year = {2009}
}