Radio-frequency coupling of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a TOP trap
Radio-frequency coupling of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a TOP trap
A radio frequency (RF) transition is used to convert a pure F=2,mF=2 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate confined in a TOP trap to a mixture of F=2,mF=2 and F=2,mF=1 states. We show that the nature of this coupling process is strongly influenced by the presence of the time varying field of the …