Deceleration, trapping, and two-photon cooling of calcium atoms

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 994-1002

  Cavasso Filho, Reinaldo L ^a   Magno, Wictor C ^a   Manoel, Daniela A ^a   Scalabrin, Artemio ^a   Pereira, Daniel ^a   Cruz, Flavio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOPPLER EFFECT; LASER CHEMISTRY; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTONS; RESONANCE;

MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAPPING;

COOLING;

EID: 0038512447     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000994     Document Type: Article

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