BEC in Maine
First observation:
BEC! -
report: May 18, 2013
Group:
Lundblad

87Rb BEC, Lundblad lab, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine USA. Hybrid quadrupole trap/single-beam dipole trap design. Criticality near 200 nK with 2.0e5 atoms. Nearly pure BECs of 0.5-1.0e5.