Bose-Einstein Condensation of an Ytterbium Isotope
Other Condensed Matter
2007-11-16 v1
Abstract
We report the observation of a Bose Einstein condensate in a bosonic isotope of ytterbium (170Yb). More than 10^6 atoms are trapped in a crossed optical dipole trap and cooled by evaporation. Condensates of approximately 10^4 atoms have been obtained. From an expansion of the condensate, we have extracted the scattering length a=3.6(9) nm.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.3068,
title = {Bose-Einstein Condensation of an Ytterbium Isotope},
author = {Takeshi Fukuhara and Seiji Sugawa and Yoshiro Takahashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3068},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures