Atoms trapped in crossed CO₂ Laser  Dipole trap

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                      Dipole traps before crossing                        Thermal cloud after 200ms of evaporation (linear ramp)

   Absorption picture after 600 ms evaporation  (linear ramp)           Bose-Einstein Condensate

 3D-color coded  density profiles of atomic sample  after various durations of evaporative cooling in crossed optical dipole trap.

Experimental Set-up

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