Publications (7)
An Ideal Mean-Field Transition in a Modulated Cold Atom System
Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim, Kihwan Kim +5
We show that an atomic system in a periodically modulated optical trap displays an ideal mean-field symmetry-breaking transition. The symmetry is broken with respect to time transl…
Critical Velocity for Vortex Shedding in a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Woo Jin Kwon, Geol Moon, Sang Won Seo +1
We present measurements of the critical velocity for vortex shedding in a highly oblate Bose-Einstein condensate with a moving repulsive Gaussian laser beam. As a function of the b…
Ultra-low birefringence dodecagonal vacuum glass cell
Stefan Brakhane, Wolfgang Alt, Dieter Meschede +3
We eport on an ultra-low birefringence dodecagonal glass cell for ultra-high vacuum applications. The epoxy-bonded trapezoidal windows of the cell are made of SF57 glass, which exh…
Relaxation of superfluid turbulence in highly oblate Bose-Einstein condensates
Woo Jin Kwon, Geol Moon, Jae-yoon Choi +2
We investigate thermal relaxation of superfluid turbulence in a highly oblate Bose-Einstein condensate. We generate turbulent flow in the condensate by sweeping the center region o…
Nonlinear, Nonequilibrium and Collective Dynamics in a Periodically Modulated Cold Atom System
Geol Moon, Myoung-Sun Heo, Yonghee Kim +2
The physics of critical phenomena in a many-body system far from thermal equilibrium is an interesting and important issue to be addressed both experimentally and theoretically. Th…
Thermal friction on quantum vortices in a Bose-Einstein condensate
Geol Moon, Woo Jin Kwon, Hyunjik Lee +1
We investigate the dissipative dynamics of a corotating vortex pair in a highly oblate axisymmetric Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a harmonic potential. The initial vortex sta…
A high numerical aperture (NA = 0.92) objective lens for imaging and addressing of cold atoms
Carsten Robens, Stefan Brakhane, Wolfgang Alt +5
We have designed, built, and characterized a high-resolution objective lens that is compatible with an ultra-high vacuum environment. The lens system exploits the principle of the…