Analysis of in situ images of Bose-Einstein condensates of lithium

被引：49

作者：

Bradley, CC ^{[1
]}

Sackett, CA ^{[1
]}

Hulet, RG ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] RICE UNIV, RICE QUANTUM INST, HOUSTON, TX 77005 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1997年 / 55卷 / 05期

关键词：

ATOMS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.55.3951

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The initial evidence for Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of Li-7 consisted of image distortions that suddenly appeared as the gas was evaporatively cooled to near the transition temperature. We present results of a model of the imaging system used to produce these images. The model confirms that the distortions are a sensitive indicator of BEG, but shows that they make quantitative analysis difficult. We find that the distortions resulted from light scattered by the condensate, in conjunction with aberrations in the imaging lens.

引用

页码：3951 / 3953

页数：3

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