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Observation of a two-dimensional Fermi gas of atoms

Quantum Gases 2010-07-19 v2

Abstract

We have prepared a degenerate gas of fermionic atoms which move in two dimensions while the motion in the third dimension is "frozen" by tight confinement and low temperature. {\it In situ} imaging provides direct measurement of the density profile and temperature. The gas is confined in a defect-free optical potential, and the interactions are widely tunable by means of a Fano--Feshbach resonance. This system can be a starting point for exploration of 2D Fermi physics and critical phenomena in a pure, controllable environment.

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@article{arxiv.1005.4076,
  title  = {Observation of a two-dimensional Fermi gas of atoms},
  author = {Kirill Martiyanov and Vasiliy Makhalov and Andrey Turlapov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4076},
  year   = {2010}
}