The Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory

Kai Frye; Sven Abend; Wolfgang Bartosch; Ahmad Bawamia; Dennis Becker; Holger Blume; Claus Braxmaier; Sheng Wey Chiow; Maxim A. Efremov; Wolfgang Ertmer; Peter Fierlinger; Tobias Franz; Naceur Gaaloul; Jens Grosse; Christoph Grzeschik; Ortwin Hellmig; Victoria A. Henderson; Waldemar Herr; Ulf Israelsson; James Kohel; Markus Krutzik; Christian Kürbis; Claus Lämmerzahl; Meike List; Daniel Lüdtke; Nathan Lundblad; J. Pierre Marburger; Matthias Meister; Moritz Mihm; Holger Müller; Hauke Müntinga; Ayush M. Nepal; Tim Oberschulte; Alexandros Papakonstantinou; Jaka Perovs̆ek; Achim Peters; Arnau Prat; Ernst M. Rasel; Albert Roura; Matteo Sbroscia; Wolfgang P. Schleich; Christian Schubert; Stephan T. Seidel; Jan Sommer; Christian Spindeldreier; Dan Stamper-Kurn; Benjamin K. Stuhl; Marvin Warner; Thijs Wendrich; André Wenzlawski; Andreas Wicht; Patrick Windpassinger; Nan Yu; Lisa Wörner

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The Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory

Kai Frye, Sven Abend, Wolfgang Bartosch, Ahmad Bawamia, Dennis Becker, Holger Blume, Claus Braxmaier, Sheng Wey Chiow, Maxim A. Efremov, Wolfgang Ertmer, Peter Fierlinger, Tobias Franz, Naceur Gaaloul, Jens Grosse, Christoph Grzeschik, Ortwin Hellmig, Victoria A. Henderson, Waldemar Herr, Ulf Israelsson, James KohelMarkus Krutzik, Christian Kürbis, Claus Lämmerzahl, Meike List, Daniel Lüdtke, Nathan Lundblad, J. Pierre Marburger, Matthias Meister, Moritz Mihm, Holger Müller, Hauke Müntinga, Ayush M. Nepal, Tim Oberschulte, Alexandros Papakonstantinou, Jaka Perovs̆ek, Achim Peters, Arnau Prat, Ernst M. Rasel, Albert Roura, Matteo Sbroscia, Wolfgang P. Schleich, Christian Schubert, Stephan T. Seidel, Jan Sommer, Christian Spindeldreier, Dan Stamper-Kurn, Benjamin K. Stuhl, Marvin Warner, Thijs Wendrich, André Wenzlawski, Andreas Wicht, Patrick Windpassinger, Nan Yu, Lisa Wörner

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Microgravity eases several constraints limiting experiments with ultracold and condensed atoms on ground. It enables extended times of flight without suspension and eliminates the gravitational sag for trapped atoms. These advantages motivated numerous initiatives to adapt and operate experimental setups on microgravity platforms. We describe the design of the payload, motivations for design choices, and capabilities of the Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory (BECCAL), a NASA-DLR collaboration. BECCAL builds on the heritage of previous devices operated in microgravity, features rubidium and potassium, multiple options for magnetic and optical trapping, different methods for coherent manipulation, and will offer new perspectives for experiments on quantum optics, atom optics, and atom interferometry in the unique microgravity environment on board the International Space Station.

Original language	English
Article number	1
Journal	EPJ Quantum Technology
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-020-00090-8
State	Published - Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Atom interferometry
Atom optics
Bose-Einstein condensate
International Space Station
Microgravity
Quantum optics

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Frye, K., Abend, S., Bartosch, W., Bawamia, A., Becker, D., Blume, H., Braxmaier, C., Chiow, S. W., Efremov, M. A., Ertmer, W., Fierlinger, P., Franz, T., Gaaloul, N., Grosse, J., Grzeschik, C., Hellmig, O., Henderson, V. A., Herr, W., Israelsson, U., ... Wörner, L. (2021). The Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory. EPJ Quantum Technology, 8(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-020-00090-8

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