Ultracold quantum gas research emerged from a century of experiments in atomic physics, in which physicists learned to control the quantum states of individual particles with remarkable precision. Using technologies such as lasers to additionally control how the atoms moved, culminating in Nobel prizes for laser cooling and trapping and the creation of a Bose-Einstein condensate -- a special state of matter in which all the particles coalesce to act as a type of “super atom”.

Through the links below, explore an introduction to some of the principles and techniques used in this field.

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