Ultracold Atoms (IMAGE)

University of Basel

Ultracold Atoms

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A cloud of ultracold atoms (red) is used to cool the mechanical vibrations of a millimeter-sized membrane (brown, in black frame). The mechanical interaction between atoms and membrane is generated by a laser beam and an optical resonator (blue mirror).

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Tobias Kampschulte, University of Basel

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