Eur. Phys. J. D 47, 209-214 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00050-2

Influence of the Radio-Frequency source properties on RF-based atom traps

Laboratoire de physique des lasers, CNRS-Université Paris 13, 99 av. Jean-Baptiste Clément, 93430 Villetaneuse, France

Corresponding author: ^a perrin@lpl.univ-paris13.fr

Received: 9 January 2008
Revised: 19 February 2008
Published online: 19 March 2008

Abstract

We discuss the quality required for the RF source used to trap neutral atoms in RF-dressed potentials. We illustrate this discussion with experimental results obtained on a Bose-Einstein condensation experiment with different RF sources.