Laser cooling and trapping visualized

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 760-765

  Vredenbregt, E J D ^a   Van Leeuwen, K A H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0043231413     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1578063     Document Type: Article

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14. The physics behind the program is explained in somewhat more detail in a pdf-file that is available for download from the website. This is meant as a guide for the user, and has additional information about the inherent limitations of the description it offers.
15. Reference 7 has a number of references discussing magneto-optic compressors.
16. Web-link http://www.phys.tue.nl/aow/Pages/Downloads.htm
17. See EPAPS Document No. E-AJPIAS-71-017307 for the simulation software, accompanying manual, and example problems. A direct link to this document may be found in the online article's HTML reference section. The document may also be reached via the EPAPS homepage (http:// www.aip.org/pubservs/epaps.html) or from ftp.aip.org in the directory/epaps. See the EPAPS homepage for more information.