New observation of Bose-Einstein condensation of 87 Rb atoms in a magnetic TOP trap
Ph. W. Courteille, Dian-Jiun Han, R. H. Wynar +1 more
We report Bose-Einstein condensation of large numbers of 87Rb atoms in a magnetic time-averaged potential trap. Over 1.5 X 109 atoms, initially captured in the TOP trap, are evaporatively cooled down to temperatures near 100 nK. Condensates of up to 2 X 105 atoms at peak densities higher than 1014 cm-3 are observed.
Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE•May 15, 1998•0 citations