Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 090404 (2002) [4 pages]

Producing Bose-Einstein Condensates Using Optical Lattices

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Maxim Olshanii^1,* and David Weiss^2,†
¹Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0484
²Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Received 26 April 2002; published 13 August 2002

We relate the entropies of ensembles of atoms in optical lattices to atoms in simple traps. We then determine which ensembles of lattice-bound atoms will adiabatically transform into a Bose condensate. This shows a feasible approach to Bose condensation without evaporative cooling.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.090404

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.090404

PACS:

03.75.Fi, 32.80.Pj, 05.30.–d

^*Email address: olshanii@physics.usc.edu

^†Email address: dsweiss@phys.psu.edu

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 090404 (2002) [4 pages]

Producing Bose-Einstein Condensates Using Optical Lattices