Optimized production of a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
arXiv:cond-mat/0408268 · doi:10.1007/s00340-004-1657-5
Abstract
We report on the optimized production of a Bose-Einstein condensate of cesium atoms using an optical trapping approach. Based on an improved trap loading and evaporation scheme we obtain more than atoms in the condensed phase. To test the tunability of the interaction in the condensate we study the expansion of the condensate as a function of scattering length. We further excite strong oscillations of the trapped condensate by rapidly varying the interaction strength.
9 pages, 7 figures, submitted to Appl. Phys. B