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BEC – It‘s just like penguins

Some pictures from the setup for the Bose-Einstein Condensate..

 




Pictures

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Lab. in 2009


2004 Pictures

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The group in front of the optical table with the BEC optics and vacuum apparatus. click for to view in larger in new window
Part of the optical setup with master and slave lasers. click for to view in larger in new window
Part of the vacuum setup with the BEC glass cell. click for to view in larger in new window
One of our homebuilt diode lasers with grating feedback. Special thanks to Henning from the central workshop for the excellent machining!. click for to view in larger in new window
A section of the vacuum setup is reused from an earlier Rubidium MOT experiment, and this is how it looked when we took over. In the front you can see the loading MOT chamber followed by the differential pumping tube. The supplies for the pumps and the vacuum gauge indicate a pressure of several 10-11 mbar. Cross your fingers, that this will last... click for to view in larger in new window