Quasi 2D Bose-Einstein condensation in an optical lattice
Condensed Matter
2009-05-28 v2
Abstract
We study the phase transition of a gas of Rb atoms to quantum degeneracy in the combined potential of a harmonically confining magnetic trap and the periodic potential of an optical lattice. For high optical lattice potentials we observe a significant change in the temperature dependency of the population of the ground state of the system. The experimental results are explained by the subsequent formation of quasi 2D condensates in the single lattice sites.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0108037,
title = {Quasi 2D Bose-Einstein condensation in an optical lattice},
author = {S. Burger and F. S. Cataliotti and C. Fort and P. Maddaloni and F. Minardi and M. Inguscio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0108037},
year = {2009}
}
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7 pages (including 3 figures)