Two-species cold atomic beam

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-6

  Lundblad, Nathan ^a,b   Aveline, David C ^a   Thompson, Robert J ^a   Kohel, James M ^a   Ramirez Serrano, Jaime ^a   Klipstein, William M ^a   Enzer, Daphna G ^a   Yu, Nan ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; RUBIDIUM; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM;

COLD ATOMIC BEAM; HETERONUCLEAR COLD COLLISION; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; PYRAMIDAL MIRROR; TRAP DECAY;

ATOMIC BEAMS;

EID: 0347268955     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000003     Document Type: Article

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