Ultracold atoms confined in rf-induced two-dimensional trapping potentials

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29 February 2004

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.quant-ph/0403006

Abstract

We present the experimental implementation of a new trap for cold atoms proposed by O. Zobay and B. M. Garraway. It relies on adiabatic potentials for atoms dressed by a rf field in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. This trap is well suited to confine atoms tightly along one direction to produce a two-dimensional atomic gas. We transferred ultracold atoms into this trap, starting either from thermal samples or Bose--Einstein condensates. In the latter case, technical noise during the loading stage caused heating and prevented us from observing 2D BECs.

Keywords

DIMENSIONAL TRAPPING
TRAPPING POTENTIALS
ULTRACOLD ATOMS
ATOMS CONFINED
RF INDUCED
PREVENTED

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Published version: Europhysics Letters, 67 (4), 593.

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