Coherence in an Optically Trapped Fermi Gas

  • K. M. O’Hara
  • M. E. Gehm
  • S. R. Granade
  • M.-S. Chang
  • J. E. Thomas
Conference paper

Abstract

We demonstrate continuous evaporative cooling of lithium fermions in a st able optical trap. This system offers exciting prospects for attaining extremely long hyperfine coherence lifetimes at high density, and for studying multiple-particle coherence in Fermi superfluids.

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(020.0020) (020.7010) 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • K. M. O’Hara
    • 1
  • M. E. Gehm
  • S. R. Granade
  • M.-S. Chang
  • J. E. Thomas
  1. 1.Physics DepartmentDuke UniversityDurham

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