Coupling ultracold atoms to mechanical oscillators
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Interfacing ultracold atoms and mechanical oscillators
In this thesis I present experiments investigating controlled coupling between mechanical oscillators and ultracold atoms. I report on three different coupling mechanisms. In a first experiment, the surface potential experienced by atoms close to the mechanical oscillator is employed to couple the oscillator motion to the center of mass (COM) motion of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Comptes Rendus Physique
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1631-0705
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2011.04.015