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A Compact, Transportable, Microchip-Based System for High Repetition Rate Production of Bose-Einstein Condensates

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(Dec 3, 2009)

Abstract

We present a compact, transportable system that produces Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) near the surface of an integrated atom microchip. The system occupies a volume of 0.4 m^3 and operates at a repetition rate as high as 0.3 Hz. Evaporative cooling in a chip trap with trap frequencies of several kHz leads to nearly pure condensates containing 1.9x10^4 87Rb atoms. Partial condensates are observed at a temperature of 1.58(8) K, close to the theoretical transition temperature of 1.1 K.

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