Abstract
Neutral-atom traps are valuable tools for precision spectroscopy, the study of cold collisions, and quantum collective effects. In this paper we study an optical trap in which the laser frequency ω and the Rabi frequency are much smaller than the frequency of the first allowed electric-dipole resonance. The trap frequency is far below all the atomic electric-dipole resonances. In many respects this is essentially a quasi-electrostatic trap (QUEST).
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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