Using a pair of rectangular coils in the MOT for the production of cold atom clouds with large optical density

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3753-3761

  Lin, Yen Wei ^a   Chou, Hung Chih ^a   Dwivedi, Prashant P ^b   Chen, Ying Cheng ^b   Yu, Ite A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COLD ATOM CLOUDS; MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP (MOT);

ATOMS;

ARTICLE; COLD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TRANSDUCER;

COLD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHTING; MAGNETICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 41149092856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003753     Document Type: Article

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