Techniques




 

Thin magnetic film trapping
M. Boyd, E.W. Streed, P. Medley, G.K. Campbell, J. Mun, W, Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard:
Atom trapping with a thin magnetic film.
preprint, cond-mat 0608370.
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RF beam splitter on an atom chip:
Number squeezed atom interferometer
G.-B. Jo, Y. Shin, S. Will, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle , D. E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore, and M. Prentiss,:
Long Phase Coherence Time and Number Squeezing of two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 , 030407 (2007).
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Imaging Mott insulator shells using atomic clock shifts
G.K. Campbell, J. Mun, M. Boyd, P. Medley, A.E. Leanhardt, L. Marcassa, D.E. Pritchard, W. Ketterle:
Imaging the Mott Insulator Shells By Using Atomic Clock Shifts.
Science 313 , 649-652 (2006).
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Novel phase contrast imaging technique:
Phase separation in imbalanced Fermi gases

Y. Shin, M. W. Zwierlein, C. H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Phase Separation in a Strongly-Interacting Imbalanced Fermi Gas.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 , 030401 (2006).
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Pillared suface for quantum reflection:
Interaction effects in quantum reflection of BECs
T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, G. Jo, Y. Shin, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, T. A. Savas, N. Mulders:
Low velocity quantum reflection of Bose-Einstein condensates.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 , 260402 (2006).
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Experimental setup for BEC Experiment
E.W Streed, A.P Chikkatur, T.L Gustavson, M. Boyd, Y. Torii, D. Schneble, G.K. Campbell, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Large atom number Bose-Einstein Condensate machines.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77 , 023106 (2006).
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Atom chip interferometry
Y. Shin, C. Sanner, G.-B. Jo, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore and M. Prentiss:
Interference of Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip.
Phys. Rev. A 72 , 021604(R) (2005).
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Lithium-sodium oven
C. A. Stan and W. Ketterle:
Multiple species atom source for laser-cooling experiments.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76 , 063113 (2005).

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Optical readout of the relative phase of two atom clouds:

Optical measurement of the phase of Bose-Einstein condensates
M. Saba, T.A. Pasquini, C. Sanner, Y. Shin, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard
Continuous measurement of the relative phase of two Bose-Einstein condensates using light scattering.
Science 307 , 1945-1948 (2005).
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Bragg
interferometry:

Interference of thermal atoms
D.E. Miller, J.R. Anglin, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, K. Xu, J.K. Chin and W. Ketterle:
High-Contrast Interference in a Thermal Cloud of Atoms.
Phys Rev. A 71 , 043615 (2005).
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Bragg scattering of mo
lecules:

Coherent molecule optics

J.R. Abo-Shaeer, D.E. Miller, J.K. Chin, K. Xu, T. Mukaiyama, and W. Ketterle:
Coherent Molecular Optics using Sodium Dimers.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 , 040405 (2005).
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Direct imaging of molecules:
Bose-Einstein Condensation of
m
olecules
M.W. Zwierlein, C.A. Stan, C.H. Schunck, S.M.F. Raupach, S. Gupta, Z. Hadzibabic, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 250401 (2003).
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Atom-molecule separation:
Quantum-degenerate molecules

K. Xu, T. Mukaiyama, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, J.K. Chin, D. Miller, and W. Ketterle:
Formation of Quantum-Degenerate Sodium Molecules.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 210402 (2003).
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Gravito-magnetic trap:
Sub-nanokelvin temperatures

A. E. Leanhardt, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Adiabatic and Evaporative Cooling of Bose-Einstein condensates below 500 Picokelvin.
Science 301, 1513-1515 (2003).
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Sympathetic cooling:

Large clouds of fermions

Z. Hadzibabic, S. Gupta, C.A. Stan, C.H. Schunck, M.W. Zwierlein, K. Dieckmann, and W. Ketterle
Fifty-fold improvement in the number of quantum degenerate fermionic atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 160401 (2003).
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RF spectroscopy of fermions
S. Gupta, Z. Hadzibabic, M.W. Zwierlein, C.A. Stan, K. Dieckmann, C.H. Schunck, E.G.M. van Kempen, B.J. Verhaar, and W. Ketterle:
RF Spectroscopy of Ultracold Fermions.
Science 300, 1723-1726 (2003); published online in Science Express on May 8, 2003.
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Large volume optical trap:

F=2 Na BEC
A. Görlitz, T.L. Gustavson, A.E. Leanhardt, R. Löw, A.P. Chikkatur, S. Gupta, S. Inouye, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Sodium Bose-Einstein Condensates in the F=2 State in a Large-volume Optical Trap.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 090401 (2003).
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Continuous BEC
A. P. Chikkatur, Y. Shin, A. E. Leanhardt, D. Kielpinski, E. Tsikata, T. L. Gustavson, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
A Continuous Source of Bose-Einstein Condensed Atoms.
Science 296, 2193-2195 (2002); published online in Science Express on May 16, 2002.
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Contrast interferometry
S. Gupta, K. Dieckmann, Z. Hadzibabic and D. E. Pritchard:
Contrast Interferometry using Bose-Einstein Condensates to Measure h/m and \alpha.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 140401 (2002).2.
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Propagation of a BEC on a microchip
A.E. Leanhardt, A.P. Chikkatur, D. Kielpinski, Y. Shin, T.L. Gustavson, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard:
Propagation of Bose-Einstein condensates in a magnetic waveguide.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 040401 (2002).
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BEC transport, Wire trap:

BEC Tweezers

T.L.Gustavson, A.P.Chikkatur, A.E.Leanhardt, A.Görlitz, S.Gupta, D.E.Pritchard, and W.Ketterle: Transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Optical Tweezers.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 020401 (2002).
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Optical trap for a condensate
D.M. Stamper-Kurn, M.R. Andrews, A.P. Chikkatur, S. Inouye, H.-J. Miesner, J. Stenger, and W. Ketterle:
Optical confinement of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2027-2030 (1998).
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3D absorption imaging:
BEC interference

M.R. Andrews, C.G. Townsend, H.-J. Miesner, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of interference between two Bose condensates.
Science 275, 637-641 (1997).
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Output coupler

M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, D.M. Kurn, D.S. Durfee, C.G. Townsend, and W. Ketterle:
Output coupler for Bose-Einstein condensed atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 582-585 (1997)..
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Dispersive imaging
M.R. Andrews, M.-O. Mewes, N.J. van Druten, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Direct, non-destructive imaging of a Bose condensate.
Science 273, 84-87 (1996).
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Cloverleaf trap, rf shielding:
BEC in DC magnetic trap

M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten, D.M. Kurn, D.S. Durfee, and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in a tightly confining dc magnetic trap.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 416-419 (1996).
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Optically plugged trap:
BEC of sodium
K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of sodium atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 3969-3973 (1995).
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Rf evaporation:
Evaporative cooling
K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M.A. Joffe, M.R. Andrews, and W. Ketterle:
Evaporative cooling of sodium atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 5202 (1995); Erratum: Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 2909 (1995).
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