Ultracold Atoms Imaged Using Quantum Gas Microscope (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Ultracold Atoms Imaged Using Quantum Gas Microscope

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Each green dot represents an individual lithium atom. The researchers use a quantum gas microscope to image the atoms, which have been cooled to a fraction of a degree above absolute zero and trapped in place using lasers.

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Image courtesy of Peter Brown, Princeton University.

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