Quasipure Bose-Einstein Condensate Immersed in a Fermi Sea

F. Schreck, L. Khaykovich, K. L. Corwin, G. Ferrari, T. Bourdel, J. Cubizolles, and C. Salomon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 080403 – Published 7 August 2001
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Abstract

We report the observation of coexisting Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) and Fermi gas in a magnetic trap. With a very small fraction of thermal atoms, the 7Li condensate is quasipure and in thermal contact with a 6Li Fermi gas. The lowest common temperature is 0.28μK0.2(1)TC=0.2(1)TF where TC is the BEC critical temperature and TF the Fermi temperature. The 7Li condensate has a one-dimensional character.

  • Received 13 July 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.080403

©2001 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

F. Schreck, L. Khaykovich, K. L. Corwin, G. Ferrari*, T. Bourdel, J. Cubizolles, and C. Salomon

  • Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France

  • *Present address: LENS-INFM, Largo E. Fermi 2, Firenze 50125 Italy.

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Vol. 87, Iss. 8 — 20 August 2001

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