Time-resolved and state-selective detection of single freely falling atoms

Optics Communications

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Bondo, Torsten ^a   Hennrich, Markus ^a   Legero, Thomas ^a   Rempe, Gerhard ^a   Kuhn, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluorescence detection; Single quantum systems; Ultracold atoms

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; MIRRORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; RUBIDIUM;

ATOMIC TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; SINGLE QUANTUM SYSTEMS; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33746748103     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.057     Document Type: Article

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