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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
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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.
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