Observation of bose-einstein condensation of molecules

TY - JOUR

T1 - Observation of bose-einstein condensation of molecules

AU - Zwierlein, M. W.

AU - Stan, C. A.

AU - Schunck, C. H.

AU - Raupach, S. M.F.

AU - Gupta, S.

AU - Hadzibabic, Z.

AU - Ketterle, W.

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - We have observed Bose-Einstein condensation of molecules. When a spin mixture of fermionic [Formula presented] atoms was evaporatively cooled in an optical dipole trap near a Feshbach resonance, the atomic gas was converted into [Formula presented] molecules. Below 600 nK, a Bose-Einstein condensate of up to 900000 molecules was identified by the sudden onset of a bimodal density distribution. This condensate realizes the limit of tightly bound fermion pairs in the crossover between BCS superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation.

AB - We have observed Bose-Einstein condensation of molecules. When a spin mixture of fermionic [Formula presented] atoms was evaporatively cooled in an optical dipole trap near a Feshbach resonance, the atomic gas was converted into [Formula presented] molecules. Below 600 nK, a Bose-Einstein condensate of up to 900000 molecules was identified by the sudden onset of a bimodal density distribution. This condensate realizes the limit of tightly bound fermion pairs in the crossover between BCS superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.250401

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.250401

M3 - Article

C2 - 14754098

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 91

JO - Physical review letters

JF - Physical review letters

IS - 25

ER -