Cavity cooling of a single atom

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6978, 2004, Pages 50-52

  Maunz, P ^a   Puppe, T ^a   Schuster, I ^a   Syassen, N ^a   Pinkse, P W H ^a   Rempe, G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ENTROPY; LASERS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ATOM-CAVITY SYSTEMS; LASER-COOL ATOMS;

ATOMS;

RUBIDIUM;

COOLING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; COOLING; DIODE; DIPOLE; ENTROPY; LASER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL ROTATION; PARAMETER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1542724862     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02387     Document Type: Article

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