Thermally Induced Losses in Ultra-Cold Atoms Magnetically Trapped Near Room-Temperature Surfaces |
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Authors: | D M Harber J M McGuirk J M Obrecht E A Cornell |
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Affiliation: | (1) JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and, University of Colorado, and Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA;(2) Quantum Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA |
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Abstract: | We have measured magnetic trap lifetimes of ultra-cold 87Rb atoms at distances of 5–1000 µm from surfaces of conducting metals with varying resistivity. Good agreement is found with a theoretical model for losses arising from near-field magnetic thermal noise, confirming the complications associated with holding trapped atoms close to conducting surfaces. A dielectric surface (silicon) was found in contrast to be so benign that we are able to evaporatively cool atoms to a Bose–Einstein condensate by using the surface to selectively adsorb higher energy atoms. |
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