Experiments with Quantum Degenerate Atomic Strontium*

We will describe experiments with quantum degenerate gases of atomic strontium. We are able to produce Bose-Einstein condensates of $^{84}$Sr and quantum degenerate mixtures of $^{87}$Sr (fermion) and $^{88}$Sr (boson). With $^{88}$Sr we have demonstrated control over condensate dynamics with an optical Feshbach resonance and have developed tools to model the dynamics after a rapid change in scattering length. We will describe photoassociative spectroscopy near the $^{1}$S$_{0}-^{3}$P$_{1}$ atomic asymptote for various isotopes and the calculation of parameters for optical Feshbach resonances. We will also discuss our recent progress loading condensates into optical lattices.