June 17, 2010

Today the Laser Teaching Center students were given a talk by Dominik Scheble. His group works to conduct experiments on Bose Einstein Condensates. He explained what the Bose Einstein Condensate is and how to make it, which was very interesting and understandable. Then he proceeded to explain what types of experiments can be done, and especially what kinds he is interested. That was less understanable from my point of view since he talked about Solid State topics with which I am not familiar yet. The most I understood was that he is able to create a standing light wave by reflecting the light from a mirror, and this standing wave can be used to view diffraction effects in the condensate. It is a very interesting idea and I wish I could understand more of what he does. He seems to be a good communicator and educator.

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