Penning collisions of laser-cooled metastable helium atoms

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-22

  Pereira Dos Santos, F ^a   Perales, F ^b   Leonard J ^a   Sinatra, A ^a   Wang, Junmin ^a,g   Saverio Pavone, F ^c,d   Rasel, E ^e   Unnikrishnan, C S ^f   Leduc, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d INFM   (Italy)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^f TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^g SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; HELIUM; LASER COOLING; RATE CONSTANTS;

EXCITED-STATES; LASER DETUNING; LASER-COOLED; LOSS RATES; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; META-STABLE STATE; METASTABLE HELIUM ATOMS; RATE COEFFICIENTS; RATE CONSTANT K; TRAP FLUORESCENCE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 18044382099     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100530170228     Document Type: Article

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