Direct Observation of Sub-Poissonian Number Statistics in a Degenerate Bose Gas

2005/08/31 by Chih‐Sung Chuu, C. -S. Chuu, Florian Schreck +7 · 17 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.95.260403

published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 260403 (2005) · 5 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2005/12/21 · openalex publication_date 2005/12/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

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.

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