Generation of microscale current loops, atom rings, and cubic clusters using twisted optical molasses

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Carter, A R ^a   Babiker, M ^a   Al Amri, M ^a,b   Andrews, D L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRON TRAPS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM THEORY;

MICROSCALE CURRENT LOOPS; OPTICAL MOLASSES; QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 33144486651     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.021401     Document Type: Article

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