• DocumentCode
    2247689
  • Title

    Determination of the Atom Number in a Bose Condensate by Optical Pumping

  • Author

    Cho, Hung-Wen ; He, Yan-Chen ; Peters, Thorsten ; Lin, Sheng-Chiun ; Yu, Ite A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a technique to determine the atom number in a Bose condensate based on optical pumping. Multiple measurements can be performed in the same condensate. In our case, about 1.95 x 104 atoms are measured with a precision of 17%.
  • Keywords
    Bose-Einstein condensation; optical pumping; Bose condensate; atom number determination; optical pumping; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Helium; Optical pumping; Performance evaluation; Probes; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391554
  • Filename
    4391554