Bose-Einstein Condensation and Macroscopic Interference with Atomic Tunnel ArraysStanford University, 1999 - 320 pages |
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absorption imaging atom pulses atom trapping atomic beam atomic tunnel array Bloch oscillations Bose-Einstein condensation Brot calculations collisions condensate fraction cooling and trapping dark-ground imaging described detuning distribution emission energy band evaporative cooling experimental experiments field coils field gradient Figure frequency Gaussian Hulet imaging system initial intensity interference Josephson effect Kasevich large numbers laser beam laser cooling laser light Lett loading atoms loading rate macroscopic magnetic field magnetic trap magneto-optic trap measured modulating momentum MOSFETs number of atoms number of trapped observed optical lattice optical pumping optical trap output parameters partial pressure particles periodic potential phase-space density photon Phys polarized ramp Rb partial pressure Rb vapor red-detuned repumping resonance rotating bias field scattering force shift shown in Fig single-frequency spatial spherical-quadrupole standing wave techniques temperature TOP trap transition trapped atoms trapping beams trapping potential vacuum chamber vapor cell vapor pressure velocity W/cm² wavefunction