Deterministic Preparation of a Tunable Few-Fermion System

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1201351
• Publication Date: 2011-04-14T18:44:18Z
• Authors: F. Serwane; G. Zürn; T. Lompe; T. B. Ottenstein; A. N. Wenz; S. Jochim
• Keywords: Quantum Physics; Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); 0103 physical sciences; FOS: Physical sciences; Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases; Quantum Physics (quant-ph); 01 natural sciences

Optical traps are used to prepare up to 10 cold lithium atoms to be used for simulating few-body fermionic systems.