Quasi 2D Bose-Einstein condensation in an optical lattice

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2 August 2001

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

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.

Keywords

EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
PHASE TRANSITION
OPTICAL LATTICE
BOSE EINSTEIN
QUASI 2D
2D BOSE

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Published version: Europhysics Letters, 57 (1), 1.

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