Bosonic condensates in optical networks and applications

• Grant number: 05/03832-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: December 12, 2005
• End date: May 11, 2006
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: Luis Gustavo Marcassa
• Grantee: Luis Gustavo Marcassa
• Host Investigator: Wolfgang Ketterle
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States

Abstract

The production of bosonic condensate and its use in several experiments can be very complex. The new alternative is its production in a chamber, that it contains the magnets and laser beams, and after that its transport for another one, where the experiment will be carried out. In this project we will use the technique of optical twizers for the transport of a condensate to the second chamber, where after that this will be confined in an optical lattices. After that we will use this sample to study the interaction atom-surface in a substrate and also we will try to obtain BEC in alower dimension. (AU)