| year | 2013 |
| author(s) | W. Müssel, H. Strobel, M. Joos, E. Nicklas, I. Stroescu, J. Tomkovic, D. HUme and M. K. Oberthaler |
| title | Optimized absorption imaging of mesoscopic atomic clouds |
| KIP-Nummer | HD-KIP 13-37 |
| KIP-Gruppe(n) | F20 |
| document type | Paper |
| Keywords (shown) | Absorption imaging Bose-Einstein Condensates improved atom number resolution |
| source | APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS, 2013, online published |
| doi | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00340-013-5553-8 |
| Abstract (en) | We report on the optimization of high-intensity absorption imaging for small Bose–Einstein condensates. The imaging calibration exploits the linear scaling of the quantum projection noise with the mean number of atoms for a coherent spin state. After optimization for atomic clouds containing up to 300 atoms, we find an atom number resolution of Δ det =3.7 Δ det = 3.7 atoms, mainly limited by photon shot noise and radiation pressure. |
