Radio-frequency association of molecules: the dressed state picture (2008)
Beaufils, Q., Crubellier, A., Zanon, T., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We develop a theoretical model to describe the radio-frequency (rf) induced coupling of a pair of colliding atoms to a Feshbach molecule when a magnetic field arbitrarily far from the Feshbach...
A Feshbach resonance in d-wave collisions (2008)
Beaufils, Q., Crubellier, A., Zanon, T., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We analyse a narrow Feshbach resonance with ultra-cold chromium atoms colliding in d-wave. The resonance is made possible by dipole-dipole interactions, which couple an incoming $l=2$ collision...
Radio-frequency induced ground state degeneracy in a Chromium Bose-Einstein condensate (2008)
Beaufils, Q., Zanon, T., Chicireanu, R., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We study the effect of strong radio-frequency (rf) fields on a chromium Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), in a regime where the rf frequency is much larger than the Larmor frequency. We use the...
Exploring functional genomics for drug target and therapeutics discovery in Plasmodia (2008)
Birkholtz, L., Van Brummelen, A.C., Clark, K., Niemand, J., Marechal, E., Llinas, M., ...
Functional genomics approaches are indispensable tools in the drug discovery arena and have recently attained increased attention in antibacterial drug discovery research. However, the application of...
Exploring functional genomics for drug target and therapeutics discovery in Plasmodia (2008)
Birkholtz, Lyn-Marie, Van Brummelen, A.C., Clark, K., Niemand, J., Marechal, E., Llinas, M., ...
Functional genomics approaches are indispensable tools in the drug discovery arena and have recently attained increased attention in antibacterial drug discovery research. However, the application of...
A magnetic lens for cold atoms controlled by a rf field (2008)
Marechal, E., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Vernac, L., Gorceix, O.
We report on a new type of magnetic lens that focuses atomic clouds using a static inhomogeneous magnetic field in combination with a radio-frequency field. The experimental study is performed with a...
A magnetic lens for cold atoms controlled by a rf field (2008)
Marechal, E., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Vernac, L., Gorceix, O.
We report on a new type of magnetic lens that focuses atomic clouds using a static inhomogeneous magnetic field in combination with a radio-frequency field. The experimental study is performed with a...
All-Optical Production of Chromium Bose-Einstein Condensates (2007)
Beaufils, Q., Chicireanu, R., Zanon, T., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We report on the production of ^52Cr Bose Einstein Condensates (BEC) with an all-optical method. We first load 5.10^6 metastable chromium atoms in a 1D far-off-resonance optical trap (FORT) from a...
A magnetic lens for cold atoms controlled by a rf field (2007)
Marechal, E., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Vernac, L., Gorceix, O.
We report on a new type of magnetic lens that focuses atomic clouds using a static inhomogeneous magnetic field in combination with a radio-frequency field. The experimental study is performed with a...
A magnetic lens for cold atoms controlled by a rf field (2007)
Marechal, E., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Vernac, L., Gorceix, O.
We report on a new type of magnetic lens that focuses atomic clouds using a static inhomogeneous magnetic field in combination with a radio-frequency field. The experimental study is performed with a...
A magnetic lens for cold atoms controlled by a rf field (2007)
Marechal, E., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Vernac, L., Gorceix, O.
We report on a new type of magnetic lens that focuses atomic clouds using a static inhomogeneous magnetic field in combination with a radio-frequency field. The experimental study is performed with a...
Accumulation of chromium metastable atoms into an Optical Trap (2007)
Chicireanu, R., Beaufils, Q., Pouderous, A., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We report the fast accumulation of a large number of metastable 52Cr atoms in a mixed trap, formed by the superposition of a strongly confining optical trap and a quadrupolar magnetic trap. The...
Accumulation and thermalization of cold atoms in a finite-depth magnetic trap (2006)
Chicireanu, R., Beaufils, Q., Pouderous, A., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Porto, J. V., ...
We experimentally and theoretically study the continuous accumulation of cold atoms from a magneto-optical trap (MOT) into a finite depth trap, consisting in a magnetic quadrupole trap dressed by a...
Accumulation and thermalization of cold atoms in a finite-depth magnetic trap (2006)
Chicireanu, R., Beaufils, Q., Pouderous, A., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Porto, J. V., ...
We experimentally and theoretically study the continuous accumulation of cold atoms from a magneto-optical trap (MOT) into a finite depth trap, consisting in a magnetic quadrupole trap dressed by a...
Simultaneous Magneto-Optical Trapping of Bosonic and Fermionic Chromium Atoms (2006)
Chicireanu, R., Pouderous, A., Barbe, R., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We report on magneto-optical trapping of fermionic 53Cr atoms. A Zeeman-slowed atomic beam provides loading rates up to 3 10^6 /s. We present systematic characterization of the magneto-optical trap...
Simultaneous Magneto-Optical Trapping of Bosonic and Fermionic Chromium Atoms (2006)
Chicireanu, R., Pouderous, A., Barbe, R., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We report on magneto-optical trapping of fermionic 53Cr atoms. A Zeeman-slowed atomic beam provides loading rates up to 3 10^6 /s. We present systematic characterization of the magneto-optical trap...
Simultaneous Magneto-Optical Trapping of Bosonic and Fermionic Chromium Atoms (2006)
Chicireanu, R., Pouderous, A., Barbe, R., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We report on magneto-optical trapping of fermionic 53Cr atoms. A Zeeman-slowed atomic beam provides loading rates up to 3 10^6 /s. We present systematic characterization of the magneto-optical trap...
Simultaneous Magneto-Optical Trapping of Bosonic and Fermionic Chromium Atoms (2006)
Chicireanu, R., Pouderous, A., Barbe, R., Laburthe-Tolra, B., Marechal, E., Vernac, L., ...
We report on magneto-optical trapping of fermionic 53Cr atoms. A Zeeman-slowed atomic beam provides loading rates up to 3 10^6 /s. We present systematic characterization of the magneto-optical trap...
The Biochemical Machinery of Plastid Envelope Membranes
Joyard, J., Teyssier, E., Miege, C., Berny-Seigneurin, D., Marechal, E., Block, M. A., ...