1998/12/12 by L. Santos, Santos, L., Maciej Lewenstein +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9812025
We demonstrate that an appropriate sequence of laser pulses allows to condense a gas of trapped bosonic atoms into an arbitrary trap level. Such condensation is robust, can be achieved in experimentally feasible traps, and may lead to multistability and hysteresis phenomena.