Laser cooling of trapped ions

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1003-1015

  Eschner, Jürgen ^a   Morigi, Giovanna ^b   Schmidt Kaler, Ferdinand ^a   Blatt, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER COOLING;

LASER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0038512444     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001003     Document Type: Review

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