Статья

Bose-Einstein Condensation of Atoms in a Uniform Potential

Alexander L. GauntCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United KingdomTobias F. SchmidutzCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United KingdomIgor GotlibovychCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United KingdomRobert P. SmithCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United KingdomZoran HadzibabicCavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom

2013en

ABI

Аннотация

We have observed the Bose-Einstein condensation of an atomic gas in the (quasi)uniform three-dimensional potential of an optical box trap. Condensation is seen in the bimodal momentum distribution and the anisotropic time-of-flight expansion of the condensate. The critical temperature agrees with the theoretical prediction for a uniform Bose gas. The momentum distribution of a noncondensed quantum-degenerate gas is also clearly distinct from the conventional case of a harmonically trapped sample and close to the expected distribution in a uniform system. We confirm the coherence of our condensate in a matter-wave interference experiment. Our experiments open many new possibilities for fundamental studies of many-body physics.

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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.200406

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