Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative on Ultracold Atom Optics

摘要

Work under the MURI in Ultracold Atom Optics Science and Technology has contributed substantially to the development of new technology and knowledge toward practical implementations of both ultracold matter and slow light systems. Work on cold matter focused on simplifying systems for producing Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) and studied both optical and atom chip based approaches. The chip-based approaches in particular have proved to enable substantial reduction in the size, weight and power of BEC systems. Work on slow light focused on the development of techniques for utilizing cold and ultracold atoms as the nonlinear optical medium to carry out electromagnetically induced transparency experiments.