Direct, nondestructive observation of a Bose condensate

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Authors
  • D.M. Kurn
  • W. Ketterle
Publication date 1996
Journal Science
Volume | Issue number 273 | 5271
Pages (from-to) 84-87
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract The spatial observation of a Bose condensate is reported. Dispersive light scattering was used to observe the separation between the condensed and normal components of the Bose gas inside a magnetic trap. This technique is nondestructive, and about a hundred images of the same condensate can be taken. The width of the angular distribution of scattered light increased suddenly at the phase transition.
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