Experimental realization of an optical one-way barrier for neutral atoms

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Thorn, Jeremy J ^a   Schoene, Elizabeth A ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Steck, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COOLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; MAGNETISM; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STANDARDS;

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS); EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATION; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; GAUSSIAN; INCIDENT ATOMS; LASER LIGHT; LASER-COOLING TECHNIQUES; MAXWELL'S DEMON; NEUTRAL ATOMS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL POTENTIALS; POTENTIAL WELLS; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31); ULTRACOLD RB87 ATOMS;

ATOMS;

EID: 45749143219     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.240407     Document Type: Article

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