The quantum world of ultra-cold atoms
Chapter in The New Physics, Cambridge University Press (CUP) (2006) 171-199
Dynamic manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with a spatial light modulator
PHYSICAL REVIEW A 73:3 (2006) ARTN 031402
Quasi-2D confinement of a BEC in a combined optical and magnetic potential
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 38:3 (2005) 223-235
Abstract:
We have added an optical potential to a conventional time-averaged orbiting potential (TOP) trap to create a highly anisotropic hybrid trap for ultracold atoms. Axial confinement is provided by the optical potential; the maximum frequency currently obtainable in this direction is 2.2 kHz for rubidium. The radial confinement is independently controlled by the magnetic trap and can be a factor of 700 times smaller than in the axial direction. This large anisotropy is more than sufficient to confine condensates with ∼105 atoms in a quasi-2D (Q2D) regime, and we have verified this by measuring a change in the free expansion of the condensate; our results agree with a variational model. © 2005 IOP Publishing Ltd.Properties of quasi-two-dimensional condensates in highly anisotropic traps
Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 71:1 (2005)
Abstract:
We theoretically investigate some of the observable properties of quasi-two-dimensional condensates. Using a variational model based on a Gaussian-parabolic trial wave function we calculate chemical potential, condensate size in time-of-flight, release energy, and collective excitation spectrum for varying trap geometries and atom numbers and find good agreement with recent published experimental results. © 2005 The American Physical Society.Experimental observation of the tilting mode of an array of vortices in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys Rev Lett 93:8 (2004) 080406