Molecular Bose-Einstein condensation in a versatile low power crossed dipole trap

Abstract

We produce Bose-Einstein condensates of 6Li2 molecules in a low power (22 W) crossed optical dipole trap. Fermionic 6Li atoms are collected in a magneto-optical trap from a Zeeman slowed atomic beam, then loaded into the optical dipole trap where they are evaporatively cooled to quantum degeneracy. Our simplified system offers a high degree of flexibility in trapping geometry for studying ultracold Fermi and Bose gases.

12 pages, 6 figures, submitted to J. Phys. B

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• Bragg spectroscopy of a strongly interacting Fermi gas
• Binding Energies of 6Li p-wave Feshbach Molecules
• Bell test for the free motion of material particles
• Molecular Bose-Einstein condensation in a versatile low power crossed dipole trap
• Molecular regimes in ultracold Fermi gases