Polarized atoms in a far-off-resonance yttrium-aluminum-garnet-laser optical dipole trap

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Fang, F ^a   Wang, H ^a   Feldbaum, D ^a   Vieira, D J ^a   Zhao, X ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLD CLOUDS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; DIPOLE TRAPS; FARADAY ROTATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; LOSS RATES; MIXED SPINS; OFF RESONANCES; OPTICAL DIPOLE TRAPS; OPTICAL TRAPPING; PARITY NONCONSERVATION; POLARIZATION STUDIES; PRECISION MEASUREMENTS; RADIOACTIVE ATOMS; SPIN RELAXATIONS; TRAP LOSS; TRAPPED ATOMS; TWO-BODY COLLISIONS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GARNETS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; POLARIZATION; RUBIDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; SPIN DYNAMICS; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ATOMS;

EID: 64649086412     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.043406     Document Type: Article

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