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All-optical formation of a Bose–Einstein condensate for applications in scanning electron microscopy

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We report the production of a F=1 spinor condensate of 87Rb atoms in a single beam optical dipole trap formed by a focused CO2 laser. The condensate is produced 13 mm below the tip of a scanning electron microscope employing standard all-optical techniques. The condensate contains up to 120000 atoms and we achieve a duty cycle of less than 10 s.

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  1. Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099, Mainz, Germany

    T. Gericke, P. Würtz, D. Reitz & H. Ott

  2. H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK

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Gericke, T., Würtz, P., Reitz, D. et al. All-optical formation of a Bose–Einstein condensate for applications in scanning electron microscopy. Appl. Phys. B 89, 447–451 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-007-2862-9

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