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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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112305 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-4810 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6930-8068 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0124-8545 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1521-5365 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-0538 |