All-optical formation of a Bose-Einstein condensate for applications in scanning electron microscopy

We report the production of a F=1 spinor condensate of 87Rb atoms in a single beam optical dipole trap formed by a focused CO2 laser. The condensate is produced 13 mm below the tip of a scanning electron microscope employing standard all-optical techniques. The condensate contains up to 120000 atoms...

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Published inApplied physics. B, Lasers and optics Vol. 89; no. 4; pp. 447 - 451
Main Authors GERICKE, T, WÜRTZ, P, REITZ, D, UTFELD, C, OTT, H
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin Springer 01.12.2007
Subjects
Beams (radiation)
Carbon dioxide
Classical and quantum physics: mechanics and fields
Condensates
Dipoles
Electron, positron and ion microscopes, electron diffractometers and related techniques
Exact sciences and technology
Instruments, apparatus, components and techniques common to several branches of physics and astronomy
Lasers
Matter waves
Physics
Scanning electron microscopy
Scanning electron microscopy
Optical trapping
Rubidium 87
Rubidium Atoms
Gas lasers
Bose-Einstein condensation
Carbon dioxide lasers
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Summary:We report the production of a F=1 spinor condensate of 87Rb atoms in a single beam optical dipole trap formed by a focused CO2 laser. The condensate is produced 13 mm below the tip of a scanning electron microscope employing standard all-optical techniques. The condensate contains up to 120000 atoms and we achieve a duty cycle of less than 10 s.
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ISSN:0946-2171
1432-0649
DOI:10.1007/s00340-007-2862-9