Abstract
We report the direct observation of sub-Poissonian number fluctuation for a degenerate Bose gas confined in an optical trap. Reduction of number fluctuations below the Poissonian limit is observed for average numbers that range from 300 to 60 atoms.
- Received 23 July 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.260403
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