Atomic trapping and guiding by quasi-dark hollow beams

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-153

  Wang, Zhaoying ^a   Dong, Yiming ^a   Lin, Qiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atom guiding; Atom trapping; Quasi dark hollow beam

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

ATOM GUIDING; ATOM TRAPPING; ATOMIC LEVELS; QUASI-DARK HOLLOW BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 14844328640     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/3/009     Document Type: Article

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