Damping rates of the atomic velocity in sisyphus cooling

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 925-930

  Sanchez Palencia, Laurent ^a   Schiavoni, Michele ^a   Carminati, François Régis ^a   Renzoni, Ferruccio ^a   Grynberg, Gilbert ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COOLING; DIFFUSION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ATOMIC VELOCITY;

DAMPING;

EID: 0038512491     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000925     Document Type: Article

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