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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391554
