MIT Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Bose-Einstein Condensates: A New Form of Quantum Matter
Wolfgang Ketterle
MIT, Physics Department and RLE
Monday, September 30, 1996
4:00 PM (3:30 refreshments)
Edgerton Hall, Room 34-101
EECS Colloquium
Abstract
The recent discovery of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of ultracold
atoms opens up new possibilities for fundamental research and
applications. Bose-condensed atoms are a novel form of matter which
consists of coherent matter waves, or "delocalized, overlapping"
atoms.
I will briefly describe the history of BEC, and explain the techniques
used to produce Bose condensates: magnetic trapping and evaporative
cooling. Recent results include studies of the phase transition,
light scattering and collective excitations, and the realization of an
output coupler for Bose condensed atoms which is an essential step
towards an atom laser.
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