Low-noise simultaneous fluorescence detection of two atomic states

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-349

  Biedermann, G W ^a   Wu, X ^a   Deslauriers, L ^a   Takase, K ^a   Kasevich, M A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ATOM SHOT NOISE; ATOMIC STATE; DETECTION SIGNAL; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HYPERFINE LEVELS; LOW NOISE; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 59249100630     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.000347     Document Type: Article

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