Optical lattices: Cold atoms ordered by light

Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Guidoni, L ^a   Verkerk, P ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; LASERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BRAGG DIFFRACTION; LASER COOLING; OPTICAL LATTICES; PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SISYPHUS COOLING;

PARTICLE OPTICS;

EID: 0033346741     PISSN: 14644266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/1/5/201     Document Type: Article

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