Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group
  • International Quantum Electronics Conference
  • 1996 OSA Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1996),
  • paper TuA1

Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of sodium atoms

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) has been observed in a dilute gas of sodium atoms. A Bose-Einstein condensate consists of a macroscopic population of the ground state of the system, and is a coherent state of matter. In an ideal gas, this phase transition is purely quantum-statistical. The study of BEC in weakly interacting systems which can be controlled and observed with precision holds the promise of revealing new macroscopic quantum phenomena that can be understood from first principles.

© 1996 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of sodium atoms

K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle
QTuA2 European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC) 1996

Bose-Einstein condensation of sodium atoms

N. J. van Druten, D. S. Durfee, K. B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M. R. Andrews, D. M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle
QWD2 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO:FS) 1996

Bose-Einstein condensation of an atomic gas with attractive interactions

C. C. Bradley, C. A. Sacked, and R. G. Hulet
QWD4 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO:FS) 1996

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved