A high frequency optical trap for atoms using Hermite-Gaussian beams

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2843-2851

  Meyrath, T P ^a   Schreck, F ^a   Hanssen, J L ^a   Chuu, C S ^a   Raizen, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATOMIC TRANSITION; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); NANOMETERS; TRAPPING;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 21244483128     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002843     Document Type: Article

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