Creation of a Bose-condensed gas of ⁸⁷Rb by laser cooling

Creation of a Bose-condensed gas of ⁸⁷Rb by laser cooling

Protocols for attaining quantum degeneracy in atomic gases almost exclusively rely on evaporative cooling, a time-consuming final step associated with substantial atom loss. We demonstrate direct laser cooling of a gas of rubidium-87 (⁸⁷Rb) atoms to quantum degeneracy. The method is fast and induces...

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Main Authors: Hu, Jiazhong (Contributor), Urvoy, Alban Joseph (Contributor), Vendeiro, Zachary Michael (Contributor), Crepel, Valentin Didier (Contributor), Chen, Wenlan (Contributor), Vuletic, Vladan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017-11-28T18:39:16Z.
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