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arXiv:cond-mat/0205243 · Physical Review Letters

Producing Bose-Einstein Condensates Using Optical Lattices

Maxim Olshanii, David S. Weiss

Published Aug 13, 2002• 24 citations
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Abstract

We relate the entropies of ensembles of atoms in optical lattices to atoms in simple traps. We then determine which ensembles of lattice-bound atoms will adiabatically transform into a Bose condensate. This shows a feasible approach to Bose condensation without evaporative cooling.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.89.090404

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