Measurement of temperature of laser cooled atoms by one-dimensional expansion in a magneto-optical trap

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Pradhan, S ^a   Jagatap, B N ^a,b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b HOMI BHABHA NATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER COOLED ATOMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAP; TEMPORAL MODULATION;

ATOMS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER BEAMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; SCALING LAWS;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 38849092552     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2827517     Document Type: Article

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