Production of a Fermi gas of atoms in an optical lattice

Year: 2003

Authors: Modugno G., Ferlaino F., Heidemann R., Roati G., Inguscio M.

Autors Affiliation: Univ Florence, LENS, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; INFM, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Stuttgart, Phys Inst 5, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.

Abstract: We prepare a degenerate Fermi gas of potassium atoms by sympathetic cooling with rubidium atoms in a one-dimensional optical lattice. In a tight lattice, we observe a change of the density of states of the system, which is a signature of quasi two-dimensional confinement. We also find that the dipolar oscillations of the Fermi gas along the tight lattice are almost completely suppressed.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 68 (1)      Pages from: 11601-1  to: 11601-4

KeyWords: Bose-einstein Condensation
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.011601

Citations: 137
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