Sisyphus cooling of rubidium atoms on the D2 (F = 1 → F′ = 1) line: The role of the neighbouring transitions

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-267

  Lucas, D ^a,b   Horak, P ^a,c   Grynberg, G ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; ATOMS; COOLING; EXCITED STATES; LASER BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION; RUBIDIUM;

COOLING MECHANISM; COUNTERPROPAGATING; EXCITED-STATES; LINEARLY POLARIZED LASERS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; POLARIZED LASER BEAMS; RUBIDIUM ATOMS; SISYPHUS COOLING; VELOCITY SELECTIVE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 0033473901     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530050568     Document Type: Article

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