A single Gaussian beam is reflected off a phase-imprinting spatial light modulator to create three trapping beams used in an optical-box trap for Bose-Einstein condensation. Selected for a Synopsis in Physics.

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Bose-Einstein Condensation of Atoms in a Uniform Potential
Alexander L. Gaunt, Tobias F. Schmidutz, Igor Gotlibovych, Robert P. Smith, and Zoran Hadzibabic
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 200406 (2013)

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