Physics Faculty Publications
Title
Bose-Einstein Condensation of Potassium Atoms by Sympathetic Cooling
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-9-2001
Publication Source
Science
Abstract
We report on the Bose-Einstein condensation of potassium atoms, whereby quantum degeneracy is achieved by sympathetic cooling with evaporatively cooled rubidium. Because of the rapid thermalization of the two different atoms, the efficiency of the cooling process is high. The ability to achieve condensation by sympathetic cooling with a different species may provide a route to the production of degenerate systems with a larger choice of components.
Inclusive pages
1320-1322
ISBN/ISSN
0036-8075
Copyright
Copyright © 2001, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Volume
294
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Modugno, Giovanni; Ferrari, Gabriele; Roati, Giacomo; Brecha, Robert J.; Simoni, A.; and Inguscio, Massimo, "Bose-Einstein Condensation of Potassium Atoms by Sympathetic Cooling" (2001). Physics Faculty Publications. 28.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/phy_fac_pub/28
