Direct, Nondestructive Observation of a Bose Condensate
- 5 July 1996
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 273 (5271) , 84-87
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5271.84
Abstract
The spatial observation of a Bose condensate is reported. Dispersive light scattering was used to observe the separation between the condensed and normal components of the Bose gas inside a magnetic trap. This technique is nondestructive, and about a hundred images of the same condensate can be taken. The width of the angular distribution of scattered light increased suddenly at the phase transition.Keywords
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