Absorption-induced trapping in an anisotropic magneto-optical trap

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 17699-17708

  Greenberg, Joel A ^a   Oria M ^a,b   Dawes, Andrew M C ^a   Gauthier, Daniel J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; ATOMS; COOLING; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP; NEUTRAL ATOMS;

ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549016057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017699     Document Type: Article

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