Decoding the dynamics of a single trapped atom from photon correlations

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 689-697

  Gomer, V ^a   Ueberholz, B ^a   Knappe, S ^a   Strauch, F ^a   Frese, D ^a   Meschede, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CESIUM; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL CORRELATION;

MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; OPTICAL LATTICES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0032294922     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003400050567     Document Type: Article

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