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We describe a simple and compact single-chamber apparatus for robustproduction of $^87$Rb Bose-Einstein condensates. The apparatus is built fromoff-the-shelf components and allows production of quasi-pure condensates of >$3\times 10^5$ atoms in < 30 s. This is achieved using a hybrid trap created bya quadrupole magnetic field and a single red-detuned laser beam [Y.-J. Lin etal., Phys. Rev. A 79, 063631 (2009)]. In the same apparatus we also achievecondensation in an optically plugged quadrupole trap [K. B. Davis et al., Phys.Rev. Lett. 75, 3969 (1995)] and show that as little as 70 mW of plug-laserpower is sufficient for condensation, making it viable to pursue this approachusing inexpensive diode lasers. While very compact, our apparatus featuressufficient optical access for complex experiments, and we have recently used itto demonstrate condensation in a uniform optical-box potential [A. Gaunt etal., arXiv:1212.4453 (2012)].

A compact single-chamber apparatus for Bose-Einstein condensation of $^87$Rb