%0 Journal Article %1 Jenkin2011BoseEinstein %A Jenkin, D. L. %A McCarron, D. J. %A Köppinger, M. P. %A Cho, H. W. %A Hopkins, S. A. %A Cornish, S. L. %D 2011 %K bec, dipole-trap %T Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0495 %X We report an apparatus and method capable of producing Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of \~1x10^6 87Rb atoms, and ultimately designed for sympathetic cooling of 133Cs and the creation of ultracold RbCs molecules. The method combines several elements: i) the large recapture of a magnetic quadrupole trap from a magneto-optical trap, ii) efficient forced RF evaporation in such a magnetic trap, iii) the gain in phase-space density obtained when loading the magnetically trapped atoms into a far red-detuned optical dipole trap and iv) efficient evaporation to BEC within the dipole trap. We demonstrate that the system is capable of sympathetically cooling the |F=1,m\_F=-1> and |1,0> sublevels with |1,+1> atoms. Finally we discuss the applicability of the method to sympathetic cooling of 133Cs with 87Rb.

@article{Jenkin2011BoseEinstein, abstract = {{We report an apparatus and method capable of producing Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of \~{}1x10^6 87Rb atoms, and ultimately designed for sympathetic cooling of 133Cs and the creation of ultracold RbCs molecules. The method combines several elements: i) the large recapture of a magnetic quadrupole trap from a magneto-optical trap, ii) efficient forced RF evaporation in such a magnetic trap, iii) the gain in phase-space density obtained when loading the magnetically trapped atoms into a far red-detuned optical dipole trap and iv) efficient evaporation to BEC within the dipole trap. We demonstrate that the system is capable of sympathetically cooling the |F=1,m\_F=-1\> and |1,0\> sublevels with |1,+1\> atoms. Finally we discuss the applicability of the method to sympathetic cooling of 133Cs with 87Rb.}}, added-at = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Jenkin, D. L. and McCarron, D. J. and K\"{o}ppinger, M. P. and Cho, H. W. and Hopkins, S. A. and Cornish, S. L.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/285487fd310f27a98d2ecea9bbdf8c948/rspreeuw}, citeulike-article-id = {9105646}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0495}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/1104.0495}, day = 4, eprint = {1104.0495}, interhash = {f2e3e45adc98f023dafeba7001a62d65}, intrahash = {85487fd310f27a98d2ecea9bbdf8c948}, keywords = {bec, dipole-trap}, month = apr, posted-at = {2011-04-06 08:14:21}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-02-26T15:22:34.000+0100}, title = {{Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap}}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1104.0495}, year = 2011 }