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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 116, October 2004
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| Page(s) | 219 - 226 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2004116009 | |
J. Phys. IV France 116 (2004) 219-226
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2004116009
One-dimensional behavior of elongated Bose-Einstein condensates
P. Bouyer1, J.H. Thywissen2, F. Gerbier1, M. Hugbart1, S. Richard1, J. Retter1 and A. Aspect11 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique, UMR 8501 du CNRS, 91403 Orsay Cedex, France
2 Department of Physics, 60 St George Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7, Canada
Abstract
We study the properties of elongated Bose-Einstein
condensates. First, we show that the dimensions of the condensate after expansion differs from the 3D Thomas-Fermi regime.
We also study the coherence length of such elongated condensates.
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