Broadband laser cooling of trapped atoms with ultrafast pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1170-1173

  Blinov, B B ^a,b   Kohn, Jr ^a   Madsen, M J ^a   Maunz, P ^a   Moehring, D L ^a   Monroe, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COOLING; DIFFRACTION; LASER MODE LOCKING; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

BROADBAND LASER COOLING; TRAPPED ATOMS; ULTRAFAST PULSES;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33745904979     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.001170     Document Type: Article

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