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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79, 053101 (2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2917405 (5 pages)

A versatile all-optical Bose–Einstein condensates apparatus

Y. C. Wenas and M. D. Hoogerland

Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag, 92019 Auckland, New Zealand

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(Received 21 February 2008; accepted 7 April 2008; published online 6 May 2008)

We report on the construction of an all-optical Bose–Einstein condensate apparatus by using a CO2 laser trap. We also report on measurements of the trap frequency by applying a periodic perturbation to the trap potential. The derived trap parameters agree well with the design parameters.

© 2008 American Institute of Physics

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  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. VACUUM SETUP
  3. DIODE LASER SYSTEMS
  4. DIPOLE TRAP
  5. EXPERIMENT CONTROL
  6. BEC SEQUENCE
  7. TRAP FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS
  8. CONCLUSIONS

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0034-6748 (print)  
1089-7623 (online)

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