Measurements of temperature scaling laws in an optically dense magneto-optical trap

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 943-950

  Vorozcovs, Andrejs ^a   Weel, Matthew ^a   Beattie, Scott ^a   Cauchi, Saviour ^a   Kumarakrishnan, A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAGG CELLS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTRON TRAPS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURE; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; OPTICAL MOLASSES;

MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 20744459060     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000943     Document Type: Article

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