A bright metastable helium atomic beam for lithography and atom optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2995, Issue , 1997, Pages 11-20

  Baldwin, Kenneth G H ^a   Lu, W ^a   Milic, D ^a   Knops, R M S ^a   Hoogerland, M D ^a   Buckman, S J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atom lithography; Laser collimation; Laser cooling; Metastable helium

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COOLING; HELIUM; INERT GASES; LASER COOLING; LASERS; LITHOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ATOM LITHOGRAPHY; ATOM OPTICS; COLLISION PROCESSES; DIODE LASERS; DISCHARGE SOURCES; DOPPLER SHIFTING; HELIUM ATOMS; HIGH FLUX; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOLLOW FIBERS; INTENSE (CO); LASER COLLIMATION; LASER MANIPULATION; METASTABLE HELIUM; OPTIC DEVICES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0345990318     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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