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Chin. Phys. B, 2009, Vol. 18(10): 4259-4263    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/18/10/028
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Bose--Einstein condensation on an atom chip

Yan Bo(颜波)a), Cheng Feng(程峰)a), Ke Min(柯敏)a), Li Xiao-Lin(李晓林)a), Tang Jiu-Yao(唐九耀)b), and Wang Yu-Zhu(王育竹)a)†
a Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Center for Cold Atom Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China; b Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Abstract  This paper reports an experiment of creating Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) on an atom chip. The chip-based Z-wire current with a homogeneous bias magnetic field creates a tight magnetic trap, which allows for a fast production of BEC. After a 4.17-s forced radio frequency evaporative cooling, a condensate with about 3000 atoms appears. The transition temperature is about 300 nK. This compact system is quite robust, allowing for versatile extensions and further studying of BEC.
Keywords:  Bose--Einstein condensate      atom chip  
Received:  19 December 2008      Revised:  11 January 2009      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  37.10.De (Atom cooling methods)  
  03.75.Nt (Other Bose-Einstein condensation phenomena)  
  37.10.Vz (Mechanical effects of light on atoms, molecules, and ions)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2006CB921202) and the Science Foundation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No 2006CB921A03).

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Yan Bo(颜波), Cheng Feng(程峰), Ke Min(柯敏), Li Xiao-Lin(李晓林), Tang Jiu-Yao(唐九耀), and Wang Yu-Zhu(王育竹) Bose--Einstein condensation on an atom chip 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 4259

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