Near-field optical guidance and manipulation of atoms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3467, Issue , 1998, Pages 250-257

  Ito, H ^a,b,c   Otake, K ^b   Ohtsu, M ^b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atom guidance; Atom manipulation; Hollow fiber; Optical near field; Sharpened fiber

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRAPS; ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOIONIZATION;

ATOM GUIDANCE; ATOM MANIPULATION; ATOM TRAP; ATOMIC MOTION; FREQUENCY DISPERSION;

NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0013604343     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.326826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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