Transfer of trapped atoms between two optical tweezer potentials

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1619-1626

  Schulz, M ^a,b   Crepaz, H ^a,c   Schmidt Kaler, F ^a,d   Eschner, J ^a,c   Blatt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Cassel Messtechnik GmbH   (Germany)

^c ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL TWEEZER POTENTIALS; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; TRAPPED ATOMS;

RUBIDIUM;

EID: 34548541047     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340600861740     Document Type: Article

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