Producing Bose-Einstein condensates using optical lattices.
We relate the entropies of ensembles of atoms in optical lattices to atoms in simple traps. We then determine which ensembles of lattice-bound atoms will adiabatically transform into a Bose condensate. This shows a feasible approach to Bose condensation without evaporative cooling.
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0484, USA. olshanii@physics.usc.edu
Maxim
M
Olshanii
David
D
Weiss