Bose-Einstein Condensation of 84-Sr
Quantum Gases
2009-10-20 v1
Abstract
We report Bose-Einstein condensation of 84-Sr in an optical dipole trap. Efficient laser cooling on the narrow intercombination line and an ideal s-wave scattering length allow creation of large condensates (N0 ~ 3x10^5) even though the natural abundance of this isotope is only 0.6%. Condensation is heralded by the emergence of a low-velocity component in time-of-flight images.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0910.3222,
title = {Bose-Einstein Condensation of 84-Sr},
author = {Y. N. Martinez de Escobar and P. G. Mickelson and M. Yan and B. J. DeSalvo and S. B. Nagel and T. C. Killian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.3222},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures