A Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium

Details A Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium A Strongly Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate of Dysprosium

2011-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/1108.5993v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 190401 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

4 pages plus refs on fifth, 3 figures; new version includes edits based on referee's comments

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.190401

We report the Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of the most magnetic atom, dysprosium. The Dy BEC is the first for an open f-shell lanthanide (rare-earth) element and is produced via forced evaporation in a crossed optical dipole trap loaded by an unusual, blue-detuned and spin-polarized narrow-line magneto-optical trap. Nearly pure condensates of 1.5x10^4 164Dy atoms form below T = 30 nK. We observe that stable BEC formation depends on the relative angle of a small polarizing magnetic field to the axis of the oblate trap, a property of trapped condensates only expected in the strongly dipolar regime. This regime was heretofore only attainable in Cr BECs via a Feshbach resonance accessed at high magnetic field.

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