News and Views
Nature Physics 4, 906 - 908 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphys1143
Subject Categories: Atomic and molecular physics | Techniques and instrumentation
Bose–Einstein condensates: A peek and a poke
Dieter Jaksch1
-
Dieter Jaksch is in the Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK, and at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, 117543, Singapore.
e-mail: dieter.jaksch@physics.ox.ac.uk
Abstract
An adapted scanning electron microscope allows the non-destructive measurement and manipulation of Bose–Einstein condensates. The single-atom sensitivity that this technique promises could soon become indispensable in the study of quantum degenerate atomic gases.
MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS
These links to content published by NPG are automatically generated.
NEWS AND VIEWS
Bose-Einstein condensation Making it with moleculesNature News and Views (30 May 2002)
Quantum optics Crystals of atoms and lightNature Physics News and Views (01 Nov 2009)
See all 8 matches for News And ViewsRESEARCH
Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atomsNature Article (03 Jan 2002)
Tonks?Girardeau gas of ultracold atoms in an optical latticeNature Letters to Editor (20 May 2004)
See all 63 matches for Research
