Bose-Einstein condensation in a magnetic double-well potential
Quantum Gases
2013-11-26 v1
Abstract
We present the first experimental realisation of Bose-Einstein condensation in a purely magnetic double-well potential. This has been realised by combining a static Ioffe-Pritchard trap with a time orbiting potential (TOP). The double trap can be rapidly switched to a single harmonic trap of identical oscillation frequencies thus accelerating the two condensates towards each other. Furthermore, we show that time averaged potentials can be used as a means to control the radial confinement of the atoms. Manipulation of the radial confinement allows vortices and radial quadrupole oscillations to be excited.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0211604,
title = {Bose-Einstein condensation in a magnetic double-well potential},
author = {T. G. Tiecke and M. Kemmann and Ch. Buggle and I. Shvarchuck and W. von Klitzing and J. T. M. Walraven},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0211604},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Journal of Optics B, see http://stacks.iop.org/JOptB/5/S119