Progress towards a 41K spinor Bose-Einstein condensate
Abstract
We report on the progress made in constructing an apparatus to create a potassium-41 Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) at Creighton University, a primarily undergraduate institution. Several major components of the experiment have been completed including an external-cavity diode laser, laser characterization systems, and the saturated absorption system for laser wavelength locking. Our immediate goals are to complete construction of an atomic source and 2D magneto-optical trap by summer's end. We plan to use this system to study spinor physics in a 41K BEC. Namely, we will utilize predicted radio-frequency Feshbach resonances to continuously alter the magnetic properties of the system from ferromagnetic to anti-ferromagnetic. Using the radio-frequency Feshbach resonance we aim to explore previously inaccessible magnetic phases and their dynamics.
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APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014APS..DMP.Q1009H