An all optical dynamical dark trap for neutral atoms

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-165

  Rudy, P ^a   Ejnisman, R ^a   Rahman, A ^a   Lee, S ^a   Bigelow, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE SHIFT; SCANNING;

GENERAL; MAGNETIC TRAPS; MECHANICAL SCANNERS; OPTICAL TRAPS;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 0001197939     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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