Laser cooling without repumping: A magneto-optical trap for erbium atoms

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  McClelland, J J ^a   Hanssen, J L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENERGY LEVEL; MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP (MOT); POTENTIAL LOSS CHANNELS; TRAP POPULATIONS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ERBIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33645808696     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.143005     Document Type: Article

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