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Guided transport of ultracold gases of rubidium up to a room-temperature dielectric surface (2011)
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Marchant, A., Händel, S., Wiles, T., Hopkins, S., & Cornish, S. (2011). Guided transport of ultracold gases of rubidium up to a room-temperature dielectric surface. New Journal of Physics, 13(12), https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/12/125003

Part of Focus on Modern Frontiers of Matter Wave Optics and Interferometry: We report on the guided transport of an atomic sample along an optical waveguide up to a room-temperature dielectric surface. The technique exploits a simple hybrid trap cons... Read More about Guided transport of ultracold gases of rubidium up to a room-temperature dielectric surface.

A high phase-space density mixture of (87)Rb and (133)Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules (2011)
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Cho, H., McCarron, D., Jenkin, D., Koeppinger, M., & Cornish, S. (2011). A high phase-space density mixture of (87)Rb and (133)Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules. The European Physical Journal D, 65(1-2), 125-131. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10716-1

We report the production of a high phase-space density mixture of 87Rb and 133Cs atoms in a levitated crossed optical dipole trap as the first step towards the creation of ultracold RbCs molecules via magneto-association. We present a simple and robu... Read More about A high phase-space density mixture of (87)Rb and (133)Cs: towards ultracold heteronuclear molecules.

Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap (2011)
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Jenkin, D., McCarron, D., Koppinger, M., Cho, H., Hopkins, S., & Cornish, S. (2011). Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap. The European Physical Journal D, 65(1-2), 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-10720-5

We report an apparatus and method capable of producing Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of ∼1 × 10687Rb atoms, and ultimately designed for sympathetic cooling of 133Cs and the creation of ultracold RbCs molecules. The method combines several elements... Read More about Bose-Einstein condensation of 87Rb in a levitated crossed dipole trap.

Dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of (87)Rb and (133)Cs (2011)
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McCarron, D., Cho, H., Jenkin, D., Koeppinger, M., & Cornish, S. (2011). Dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of (87)Rb and (133)Cs. Physical Review A, 84(1), Article 011603. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.84.011603

We report the formation of a dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of 87Rb and 133Cs in the same trapping potential. Our method exploits the efficient sympathetic cooling of 133Cs via elastic collisions with 87Rb, initially in a magnetic quadrupole t... Read More about Dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of (87)Rb and (133)Cs.

Realizing bright-matter-wave-soliton collisions with controlled relative phase (2011)
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Billam, T., Cornish, S., & Gardiner, S. (2011). Realizing bright-matter-wave-soliton collisions with controlled relative phase. Physical Review A, 83(4), Article 041602. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.041602

We propose a method to split the ground state of an attractively interacting atomic Bose-Einstein condensate into two bright solitary waves with controlled relative phase and velocity. We analyze the stability of these waves against their subsequent... Read More about Realizing bright-matter-wave-soliton collisions with controlled relative phase.

Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb (2011)
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Haendel, S., Wiles, T., Marchant, A., Hopkins, S., Adams, C., & Cornish, S. (2011). Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb. Physical Review A, 83(5), Article 053633. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.83.053633

We report the magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of 85Rb and 87Rb by the controlled overlap of two initially spatially separated magnetic traps. We present a detailed analysis of the combined magnetic-field potential as the two traps are brou... Read More about Magnetic merging of ultracold atomic gases of (85)Rb and (87)Rb.

Off-resonance laser frequency stabilization using the Faraday effect (2011)
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Marchant, A. L., Haendel, S., Wiles, T. P., Hopkins, S. A., Adams, C. S., & Cornish, S. L. (2011). Off-resonance laser frequency stabilization using the Faraday effect. Optics Letters, 36(1), 64-66. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.36.000064

We present a simple technique for stabilization of a laser frequency off resonance using the Faraday effect in a heated vapor cell with an applied magnetic field. In particular, we demonstrate stabilization of a 780nm laser detuned up to 14GHz from t... Read More about Off-resonance laser frequency stabilization using the Faraday effect.

An analytical model of off-resonant Faraday rotation in hot alkali metal vapours (2011)
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Kemp, S. L., Hughes, I. G., & Cornish, S. L. (2011). An analytical model of off-resonant Faraday rotation in hot alkali metal vapours. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(23), Article 235004. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/23/235004

We report a thorough investigation of the Faraday effect on the 852 nm D2 transition in a hot caesium vapour, culminating in the development of a simple analytical model for off-resonant Faraday rotation. The model, applicable to all hot alkali metal... Read More about An analytical model of off-resonant Faraday rotation in hot alkali metal vapours.