Bose-Einstein condensation of 86Sr
Quantum Gases
2011-08-17 v1
Abstract
We report on the attainment of Bose-Einstein condensation of 86Sr. This isotope has a scattering length of about +800 a0 and thus suffers from fast three-body losses. To avoid detrimental atom loss, evaporative cooling is performed at low densities around 3x10^12 cm^-3 in a large volume optical dipole trap. We obtain almost pure condensates of 5x10^3 atoms.
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@article{arxiv.1009.1701,
title = {Bose-Einstein condensation of 86Sr},
author = {Simon Stellmer and Meng Khoon Tey and Rudolf Grimm and Florian Schreck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1701},
year = {2011}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures