Non-equilibrium long-range phase transition in cold atoms : theory and experiment

• Main Author: Mancois, Vincent
• Other Authors: [Supervisor not in the list]
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137079
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We study the long-range force arising from the absorption of non-saturating laser beams in a two-dimensional cloud of cold atoms. The force created by the lasers is attractive and similar to the usual Newtonian gravity along the beam. The cloud is composed of bosonic strontium 88 cooled and trapp...