Optical molasses, laser traps, and ultracold atoms

STEVEN CHU

International Quantum Electronics Conference
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1987),
paper MI2

Optical molasses, laser traps, and ultracold atoms

STEVEN CHU

International Quantum Electronics Conference 1987

Baltimore, Maryland United States
26 April–1 May 1987
ISBN: 0-936659-51-3

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S. CHU, "Optical molasses, laser traps, and ultracold atoms," in International Quantum Electronics Conference, T. Hansch, D. Grischkowsky, D. Pritchard, and C. Shank, eds., Vol. 21 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1987), paper MI2.

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Abstract

There is dramatic progress in the demonstration of the mechanical effects of light on atoms. The laser cooling and stopping of atoms in an atomic beam¹ were followed by the 3-D cooling and confinement of atoms with laser light.²

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