Quenched narrow-line second- and third-stage laser cooling of 40Ca

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 977-984

  Curtis, E Anne ^a,b   Oates, Christopher W ^a   Hollberg, Leo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COOLING; ISOTOPES; QUENCHING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER COOLING;

LASER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0038276011     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000977     Document Type: Article

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