新世纪的第一只燕子——2001年度诺贝尔物理学奖述评

The first nobel prize of the century comment on bose-einstein condensation

摘要: 文章介绍了玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的原理，着重讨论了2001年诺贝尔物理学奖得主：科耐尔(E.A.Cornell)、维曼(C.E.Wiemian)和凯特利(W.Ketterle)在世界上首次产生铷原子和钠原子的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的贡献，以及最近他们在玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚物理的研究和实现原子激射的诸多进展.并对玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚物理的发展与技术上的应用进行初步展望.

Abstract: The principle of Bose-Einstein Condensation(BEC) is outlined.The great contribution of E.A.Connell,C.E.Wieman and W.Ketterle who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics,in creating the world's first Bose-Einstein Condensate is described.New progress in their studies of BEC physics and atomlasers is reviewed,as well as further prospects of for the applications of BEC.