Orsay Special

First observation:

BEC! - report: Nov. 29, 2003

Group:

Aspect/Bouyer France

Authors and contributors

William Guérin, J-F Riou, Y. Le Coq, M. Fauquembergue, A. Aspect, P. Bouyer

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Our latest BEC is born tonight.
It weight 10⁶ × 85.4678 amu and is beautifully cold.
In rests now quietly in its ferromagnetic trap.

RF extraction of F=1 atoms in our hybrid magnetic + optical trap leads to a guided atom laser with a tunable wavelength.

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