Laser cooling and trapping of atoms

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 887-908

  Metcalf, H J ^a   Van der Straten, P ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; VECTORS;

LASER COOLING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0038614935     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000887     Document Type: Review

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